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Ytterbium Metal Mediated Desulfurization and Coupling Reaction of Diaryl Thioketones
Makioka, Yoshikazu,Uebori, Shin-ya,Tsuno, Masumi,Taniguchi, Yuki,Takaki, Ken,Fujiwara, Yuzo
, p. 611 - 614 (1994)
Diaryl thioketones are selectively reduced with ytterbium metal to diarylmethanethiols, diarylmethanes or tetraarylethylenes, via thiometallacycle intermediates which undergo electrophilic coupling at thiocarbonyl carbon and sulfur.
