Phenylsilane as an effective desulfinylation reagent

• Wanda H. Midura,
• Aneta Rzewnicka and
• Jerzy A. Krysiak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1513–1517, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.150

• : desulfinylation; phenylsilane; reduction; regioselectivity; α-sulfinylesters; Introduction The conversion of carboxylic acid derivatives to the corresponding alcohols is one of the fundamental processes in organic synthesis. Over the past decades, many reagents and conditions for this transformation have been