Abstract
The iododecarboxylation reactions of α‐carboxy ketene dithioacetals were presented. The α‐iodo ketene dithioacetals 3 and α,α‐diiodo ketene dithioacetals 4 were prepared in excellent yields simply from reactions of α‐carboxy ketene dithioacetals 2 with iodine in aqueous media.
Acknowledgment
Financial support of this research by the NNSFC (29862004 and 20272008) is greatly acknowledged.