Oxone as a Mild, Inexpensive, and Environmentally Benign Oxidant for the α-Thiocyanation of Ketones

Author: Anil Kumar M.   Reddy K. R. Kishore Kumar   Reddy M. Veeranarayana   Reddy C. Devendranath   Reddy C. Suresh  

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN: 0039-7911

Source: Synthetic Communications, Vol.38, Iss.13, 2008-01, pp. : 2089-2095

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Abstract

An efficient and direct approach for the α-thiocyanation of ketones with α-hydrogens has been developed using ammonium thiocyanate as a thiocyanating agent and oxone as an oxidant in methanol.

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