Abstract
A simple, efficient, stereoselective, and highly regioselective procedure for the synthesis of β‐hydroxy sulfides by thiolysis of various 1,2‐epoxides in water as a solvent, using no catalyst and under very mild conditions, is described.
Acknowledgments
The K. N. Toosi University of Technology Research Council and Kermanshah Oil Refining Company are thanked for financial support of this work.