Abstract:Dimethyl sulphoxide activated by acetic-anhydride introduces methylthiomethyl group into phenols,oxidises certain medicinally useful secondary alcohols to their corresponding ketones and brings about oxidative rearrangements in different substrates.It converts 4-hydroxy coumarins and dicoumarols,under varying conditions,to a variety of products of both pharmaceutical and mechanistic interest.
When1,3-indandione (1) was interacted with this versatile reagent at water bath temperature,it afforded an ylide… Show more
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