Thiocyanate as a Versatile Synthetic Unit : Efficient Conversion of ArSCN to Aryl Alkyl Sulfides and Aryl Thioesters.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)00445-I

Treatment of aryl thiocyanates with 2.3 equivalents of SmI2 results in the formation of an intermediate samarium(III) sulfide which can be trapped with a variety of electrophilic reagents.