Rapid hemiacetal formation from a simple, open-chain monothioacetal during soft metal ion-promoted hydrolysis
Abstract
The Hg2+- and TI3+-promoted hydrolyses of the monothioacetal α-ethoxy-α-ethylthiotoluene (1) proceed via the relatively very rapid formation of the hemiacetal (2) whose subsequent hydrolysis controls the observed rate of aldehyde formation.