Diverse diaryl sulfide synthesis through consecutive aryne reactions.
Hana NakajimaYuki HazamaYuki SakataKeisuke UchidaTakamitsu HosoyaSuguru YoshidaPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)
An efficient method to synthesize diaryl sulfides with structural diversity is disclosed. Demethylative hydrothiolation of aryne intermediates generated from o-iodoaryl triflates with methylthio-substituted o-silylaryl triflates and further aryne reactions afford diverse diaryl sulfides.
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