Reactivity of Ketones

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Do ketones react with thio alcohols?

I was studying the protection of carbonyls through acetals, and in my notes, I'd written down that ketones don't react with monohydric alcohols. Do they react with thio alcohols?
 

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Ketones do indeed react with alcohols. The product is a ketal under acidic conditions. Thiols react as well to produce thioketals. One protection group for ketones is 1,3-dithiopropane. The cyclic thioketal is the protected group stable to base and easily removed by acid.
 

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