An efficient and user-friendly procedure has been developed for the hydrolysis of
thioacetals/thioketals to the corresponding carbonyl compounds in impressive yields
with o-iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX) in presence of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) in water under neutral
conditions at room temperature.
hydrolysis - thioacetals - thioketals -
o-iodoxybenzoic acid - β-cyclodextrin - water