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Copper-catalyzed thiocyanation of cyclobutanone oxime esters using ammonium thiocyanate.

Xia ZhaoTengteng SunWenxin GuJingwen QinKui LuFei Ye
Published in: Organic & biomolecular chemistry (2024)
A copper-catalyzed thiocyanation of cycloketone oxime esters with ammonium thiocyanate has been developed for the first time. This innovative approach allows access to cyano and thiocyano bifunctionally substituted alkanes, which can be further transformed into their respective trifluoromethylthiol-substituted or difluoromethylthiol-substituted alkylnitriles, alkynyl sulfides, and phosphorothioate esters. The readily available nature of ammonium thiocyanate and the cost-effectiveness of the copper catalyst make this method a promising strategy for the synthesis of sulfur-containing alkylnitriles.
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