Concise synthesis of pyridyl sulfides direct nucleophilic displacement of haloheteroaromatics by mercaptan promoted by K-Selectride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01038-2

A simple and efficient synthetic method for sulfides from halogenated heteroaromatic compounds is described. An alkylthioborate, generated from K- Selectride and a thiol, rapidly reacted with various haloheteroaromatics under mild conditions.