title: Fe-catalyzed thioesterification of carboxylic esters.
abstract: Second nature: Starting from shelf-stable aryl esters and thiols, a variety of carboxylic acid esters were transformed into the corresponding thioesters with no racemization of labile stereocenters. The method was successfully applied in a native chemical-ligation-type peptide formation, which suggests that the thiol may act as a co-catalyst for future 1,2-additions of pronucleophiles to carboxylic esters.
authors: Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
authors: Silja
authors: S
authors: Magens
authors: Bernd
authors: B
authors: Plietker