Boric Acid Catalysed Mild and Efficient Method for the Synthesis of Thiiranes from Oxiranes

A. Thirupathaiah¹*, V. Namratha² and G. Venkateswar Rao²

¹Department of Chemistry, Satavahana University, Karimnagar - 505 001 (India).

²Department of Chemistry, Kakatiya University, Warangal - 506 009 (India).

ABSTRACT:

Oxiranes are efficiently converted to the corresponding thiiranes by potassium thiocyanate in the presence of catalytic amounts of B(OH)3 with excellent yield under mild and non-aqueous conditions.

KEYWORDS:

Boricacid; thiiranes; potassium thiocyanate; oxiranees

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