Aluminium trichloride catalyses the expeditious direct conversion of tetrahydropyranylethers to silyl ethers. This one-step transformation is chemoselective versus deprotection of the acetal and hydrosilylation of unsaturated carbon–carbon bonds, and can also be applied to linear acetals. A possible mechanism is tentatively proposed.
catalytic amount of iron(II) triflate, TIPS-protected peroxides bearing primary, secondary, and tertiary C-H sites undergo chemoselective thioetherification of remote C-H bonds with diaryl disulfides. The reaction demonstrates a broad substrate scope and functional group tolerance without the use of any noble metal additives. Mechanistic experiments suggest that the reaction proceeds through 1,5-H atom