A Highly Efficient Procedure for Regeneration of Carbonyl Groups from their Corresponding Oxathioacetals and Dithioacetals Using Sodium Nitrite and Acetyl Chloride in Dichloromethane

Abstract

A wide variety of oxathioacetals 1 as well as dithioacetals 2 can be chemoselectively deprotected to the corresponding carbonyl compounds 3 in good yields by employing NaNO₂-AcCl and H₂O in CH₂Cl₂ at 0 °C to room temperature. Some of the major advantages of this procedure are: mild conditions, easy to handle, highly chemoselective and efficient, high yields and inexpensive reagents. In addition, no acetylation occurs at the hydroxyl group nor chlorination takes place at the double bond.