A new, unexpected synthesis of 1,3-dithietanones.
Treatment of a geminal pivaloxy xanthate, prepared by an intermolecular radical addition of a xanthate to vinyl pivalate, gives a 1,3-dithietanone, a little known class of compounds.
Quiclet-Sire
Béatrice
B
Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique associé au CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France.
Sanchez-Jimenez
Graciela
G
Zard
Samir Z
SZ