Stereospecific rhenium catalyzed desulfurization of thiiranes

Abstract

Methyltrioxorhenium catalyzes the efficient and stereospecific desulfurization of thiiranes by triphenylphosphine at room temperature, moreso when MTO has been pretreated with hydrogen sulfide, with a Re^V species as the active form of the catalyst.

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