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Abstract: Catalytic highly enantioselective (up to >99% ee) and diastereoselective (up to 99% de) direct Michael addition of ketones and aldehydes to β-nitrostyrenes have been achieved with readily accessible and highly tunable prolinal dithioacetal catalysts. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

A convenient and efficient procedure for the synthesis of β-alkyl/arylsulfanyl carbonyl compounds has been developed by a simple one-pot reaction of dialkyl/diaryl sulfides with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic esters, and nitriles in presence of indium and trimethylsilyl chloride under sonication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The reaction of diphenyl diselenides with aldehydes in the presence of In–TMSCl has been investigated. Aliphatic aldehydes provide the corresponding selenoacetals, whereas aromatic aldehydes lead predominantly to alkyl phenyl selenides under the same reaction conditions. This constitutes a new approach for the synthesis of selenoacetals and selenides from aldehydes. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Indium(I) iodide promotes cleavage of dialkyl disulfides generating thiolate anions that then undergo facile addition to α,β-unsaturated ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic esters, and nitriles under neutral conditions producing corresponding β-ketosulfides or β-cyanosulfides. This strategy has also been used for the regioselective nucleophilic ring opening of epoxides by thiolate anions in presence of indium(III) chloride producing corresponding β-hydroxyphenyl sulfides. The reactions are in general, very clean, high yielding, and reasonably fast. Thus, simple and convenient procedures for the synthesis of β-ketosulfides or β-cyanosulfides and β-hydroxyalkyl sulfides have been developed using this cleavage reaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A wide range of cyclic dithioacetals are prepared from the corresponding aldehydes in the presence of aqueous solution of zinc tetrafluoroborate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The reactions of diphenyl diselenide and dialkyl disulfides with aldehydes in the presence of In–TMSCl have been investigated. Aliphatic aldehydes provide the corresponding selenoacetals and aromatic aldehydes lead predominantly to benzyl phenyl selenides on reaction with diphenyl diselenide. However, the reaction of dimethyl disulfide and diphenyl disulfide with both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes produce dithioacetals. This provides a novel route to the synthesis of selenoacetals, thioacetals and selenides from aldehydes. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]