Jiuxi Chen, Huayue Wu, Can Jin, Xingxian Zhang, Yuanyuan Xie and Weike Su
Green Chem., 2006,8, 330-332
DOI:
10.1039/B600620E,
Communication
Clean thiolysis reaction of various epoxides in ionic liquids (ILs) without the use of any catalyst generates β-hydroxy sulfides in excellent yields (83–98%) with high regioselectivity and chemoselectivity under mild reaction conditions.