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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Synlett. 2017 Mar 10;28(12):2407–2421. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1588778

Scheme 3.

Scheme 3

Pathways for lyoxide ion- and buffer-catalyzed deprotonation and hydrolysis reactions of ethyl thioacetate. The proton transfer reaction is favored for catalysis by 3-substituted quinuclidines (kBkB) and the hydrolysis reaction is favored for catalysis by lyoxide ion (kHO > kHO).