Reductive cleavage of S-S bond in diphenyl disulfide by samarium diiodide: A novel method for the synthesis of thiolesters

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919408011197

Diphenyl disulfide is reduced by samarium diiodide to yield samarium phenylthiolate. This new thiolate anion species mildly reacts with acyl chlorides to give thiolesters in good yields.

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Reductive Cleavage of S-S
Bond in Diphenyl Disulfide by
Samarium Diiodide: A Novel
Method for the Synthesis of
Thiolesters
Xueshun Jia a , Yongmin Zhang a & Xungun Zhou a
a Department of Chemistry , Hangzhou University ,
Hangzhou, 310028, P. R. China
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Xueshun Jia , Yongmin Zhang & Xungun Zhou (1994) Reductive
Cleavage of S-S Bond in Diphenyl Disulfide by Samarium Diiodide: A Novel Method for
the Synthesis of Thiolesters, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for
Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 24:3, 387-392
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