Preparation and synthetic utility of 1-phenylthio-1-nitro epoxides. Facile preparation of α-substituted S-phenyl thio esters

Abstract

Novel 1-Phenylthio-1-nitro epoxides (2), readily prepared by epoxidation of the corresponding 1-phenylthio-1-nitroalkenes (1), react efficiently under mild conditions with a variety of hetero nucleophiles to give α-substituted S-phenyl thioesters (4).