28122-95-4Relevant articles and documents
Construction of Thienothiophene and Thienofuran Ring Systems via Ring Expansion of Difluorothiiranes Generated from Dithioesters
Fuchibe, Kohei,Mukohara, Ibuki,Yamada, Atsushi,Miyazaki, Daisuke,Takayama, Ryo,Ichikawa, Junji
supporting information, p. 169 - 174 (2021/12/27)
The reaction of aryl thiophene-2-carbodithioates or thiophene-3-carbodithioates with difluorocarbene generated from BrCF2CO2Li/molecular sieves 4A produced arylsulfanylated 2,2-difluoro-3-thienylthiiranes. In the presence of lithium ion, the thiirane intermediates underwent ring expansion followed by HF elimination, leading to fluorinated thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes or thieno[2,3-b]thiophenes. The reactions of the oxygen analogues, aryl furancarbodithioates, also proceeded to afford the corresponding thieno[3,2-b]furans. Intramolecular fluorine substitution in the produced arylsulfanyl(fluoro)thienofurans allowed for another thiophene ring construction, leading to the synthesis of fused pentacyclic thienothienofurans.
Pd-Catalyzed Double-Decarbonylative Aryl Sulfide Synthesis through Aryl Exchange between Amides and Thioesters
Bie, Fusheng,Cao, Han,Liu, Chengwei,Liu, Xuejing,Shi, Yijun,Szostak, Michal,Zhou, Tongliang
supporting information, p. 8098 - 8103 (2021/10/25)
We report the palladium-catalyzed double-decarbonylative synthesis of aryl thioethers by an aryl exchange reaction between amides and thioesters. In this method, amides serve as aryl donors and thioesters are sulfide donors, enabling the synthesis of valuable aryl sulfides. The use of Pd/Xantphos without any additives has been identified as the catalytic system promoting the aryl exchange by C(O)-N/C(O)-S cleavages. The method is amenable to a wide variety of amides and sulfides.
Decarbonylative thioetherification by nickel catalysis using air- and moisture-stable nickel precatalysts
Liu, Chengwei,Szostak, Michal
supporting information, p. 2130 - 2133 (2018/03/06)
A general, highly selective method for decarbonylative thioetherification of aryl thioesters by C-S cleavage is reported. These reactions are promoted by a commercially-available, user-friendly, inexpensive, air- and moisture-stable nickel precatalyst. The process occurs with broad functional group tolerance, including free anilines, cyanides, ketones, halides and aryl esters, to efficiently generate thioethers using ubiquitous carboxylic acids as ultimate cross-coupling precursors (cf. conventional aryl halides or pseudohalides). Selectivity studies and site-selective orthogonal cross-coupling/thioetherification are described. This thioester activation/coupling has been highlighted in the expedient synthesis of biorelevant drug analogue. In light of the synthetic utility of thioethers and Ni(ii) precatalysts, we anticipate that this user-friendly method will be of broad interest.
