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Fluorium-Initiated Dealkylative Cyanation of Thioethers to Thiocyanates
Chen, Yang,Qi, Hongyi,Chen, Ning,Ren, Demin,Xu, Jiaxi,Yang, Zhanhui
, p. 9044 - 9050 (2019/08/12)
Thioethers are converted to thiocyanates via fluorium-initiated dealkylative cyanation. Selectfluor is used as the oxidant, and trimethylsilyl cyanide is used as the cyanation reagent. The well-streamlined procedure is user-friendly, operationally simple, and step-economical. The current mechanistic studies show that the sulfur radical cation and cyano radical are both involved. They combine to deliver cyanosulfonium, an intermediate toward thiocyanate after dealkylation. Alternatively, a nucleophilic mechanism is also possible. Our dealkyaltive cyanation is also efficient in synthesizing thiocyanates with strongly electrophilic functionalities.
