title: Ruthenium-Catalyzed O- to S-Alkyl Migration: A Pseudoreversible Barton-McCombie Pathway.
abstract: A practical ruthenium-catalyzed O- to S-alkyl migration affords structurally diverse thiooxazolidinones in excellent yields. Our studies suggest this catalytic transformation proceeds through a pseudoreversible radical pathway drawing mechanistic parallels to the classic Barton-McCombie reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY (UK).
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mahy
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY (UK).
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Plucinski
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Inorgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona (Spain).
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jover
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY (UK). c.g.frost@bath.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Christopher G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Frost
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012428:Ruthenium
keywords: Barton-McCombie reaction; O-thiocarbamates; alkyl migration; catalysis; pseudoreversible reaction