A. E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Irkutsk, Russia
Abstract:
Under acid- or base-catalyzed conditions, thiols add regio- and chemos-electively either to vinyloxy or methacrylate group of vinyloxyalkyl-methacrylates to give polyfunctional methacrylates or polyfunctional vinyl ethers, respectively.