Fringuelli Francesco, Pizzo Ferdinando, Tortoioli Simone, Vaccaro Luigi
Università di Perugia, Dipartimento di Chimica, Via Elce di Sotto, 8 I-06100 Perugia, Italy.
J Org Chem. 2003 Oct 17;68(21):8248-51. doi: 10.1021/jo0348266.
Thiolysis of a variety of 1,2-epoxides in water at 30 degrees C and pH 7.0 is strongly accelerated by ZnCl(2) (10 mol %) except when amino- and carboxythiophenol are used. The aqueous medium and the catalyst were recovered and reused in various runs without affecting the efficiency of the process.
