60344-40-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
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 (2007/10/02)
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.
