title: Chemistry of tetrathiomolybdate: aziridine ring opening reactions and facile synthesis of interesting sulfur heterocycles.
abstract: Benzyltriethylammonium tetrathiomolybdate, [BnEt3N]2MoS4, has been used successfully to effect ring opening of aziridines in a regiospecific and stereospecific manner under mild reaction conditions without the use of Lewis acid catalyst. Utility of this reagent in tandem and multistep processes in a one-pot operation for the synthesis of various novel sulfur heterocycles in very good yield is also reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Devarajulu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sureshkumar
authors.forename: Srinivasa Murthy
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Koutha
authors.forename: Srinivasan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
mesh_terms: D001388:Aziridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D008982:Molybdenum / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013457:Sulfur Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001388:Aziridines; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D013457:Sulfur Compounds; C033132:aziridine; D008982:Molybdenum; C020809:tetrathiomolybdate