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Reaction of unsaturated epichlorohydrins with sodium sulfide in aqueous-alcoholic solution leads to 3-hydroxythietanes. Ethers of the latter can be prepared by phase transfer catalysis using acetic anhydride and alkyl halides.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1477–1479, November, 1990.
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Akhmedov, M.A., Mustafaeva, Z.G., Akhmedov, I.M. et al. Synthesis and properties of unsaturated thietanes. Chem Heterocycl Compd 26, 1230–1231 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00476974
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