Bi(TFA)3 and Bi(OTf)3 Catalyzed Conversions of Epoxides to Thiiranes with Ammonium Thiocyanate and Thiourea under Non-Aqueous Conditions.docVIP

Molecules 2001, 6, 996-1000 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 Bi(TFA)3 and Bi(OTf)3 Catalyzed Conversions of Epoxides to Thiiranes with Ammonium Thiocyanate and Thiourea under Non-Aqueous Conditions Iraj Mohammadpoor-Baltork* and Ahmad R. Khosropour Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University, Isfahan 81744, Iran; Fax: (+98) 311 6689732. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: Imbaltork@sci.ui.ac.ir Received: 30 July 2001; in revised form 10 October 2001 / Accepted: 23 October 2001 / Published: 30 November 2001 Abstract: Various epoxides are converted to their corre