PHOSPHORUS SULFUR AND SILICON AND THE RELATED ELEMENTS, vol.185, no.4, pp.689-696, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)
Hydantoin bromide is an effective catalyst for chemoselective thioacetalization of aldehydes in the presence of ketones under neutral conditions. In addition, a simple and efficient procedure for the deprotection of 1,3-dithianes and 1,3-dithiolanes of aromatic, aliphatic, and ,-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones in solvent-free conditions to the corresponding parent carbonyl compounds was successfully carried out with hydantoin bromide in excellent yields. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements to view the free supplemental file.