Thiolysis of epoxides offers an efficient and simple synthetic approach to access [Formula: see text]-hydroxy sulfides which are valuable scaffold in the synthesis of various important molecules in medicinal chemistry. This review article presents a recent compilation of the synthetic approaches developed after 2000 for the thiolysis of epoxides.
Keywords: -Hydroxy sulfides; Epoxides; Organosulfur compounds; Thiols; Thiolysis.