Surfactant-catalyzed addition of higher thiols to N-Aryl substituted maleimides

Abstract

The cationic-type surfactant-catalyzed conjugate addition reaction of long-alkyl-chained thiols with N-aryl-substituted maleimides in water as a green reaction medium afforded the corresponding thia-Michael adducts in moderate to good yields. [Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Synthetic Communications (R) for the following free supplemental resource(s): Full experimental and spectral details.]