%0 Journal Article
%T Iodine-catalyzed addition of 2-mercaptoethanol to chalcone derivatives: Synthesis of the novel ¦Â-mercapto carbonyl compounds
%A G¨¹rkan Yerli
%A Hayreddin Gezegen
%A Mustafa Ceylan
%J Organic Communications
%D 2012
%I ACG Publications
%X In this study, a series of novel ¦Â-mercapto carbonyl derivatives (3-(2-hydroxyethylthio)-1,3-diarylpropan-1-one) (5a-i) were prepared by addition of 2-mercaptoethanol (4) to chalcones (3a-i) in the presence of catalytic amount of iodine (10 mol %) in CH 2Cl 2.
%K Chalcone
%K 2-mercaptoethanol
%K iodine
%K Thia- michael addition
%K ¦Â-mercapto carbonyl.
%U http://www.acgpubs.org/OC/2012/Volume%205/Issue%201/9-OC-1112-231.pdf