Palamini, PierreBorrel, JulienDjaïd, MaëlDelattre, MorganeWaser, Jerome2023-10-242023-10-242023-10-24202310.1021/acs.orglett.3c02869https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/201887We report the synthesis of ketene dithioarylacetals in 40–97% yield using thiophenols and acyl-EBXs (ethynylbenziodoxolones) generated in situ from a common hypervalent iodine precursor and alkynyl trifluoroborate salts. The products could be further modified to afford functionalized ketene dithioacetals and various S-substituted heterocycles.text::journal::journal article::research article