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Synthesis of a Thiol Building Block for the Crystallization of a Semiconducting Gyroidal Metal-sulfur Framework
Published on: April 9, 2018
Transition-metal-free persulfuration to construct unsymmetrical disulfides and mechanistic study of the sulfur redox
Xiao Xiao1, Minghao Feng, Xuefeng Jiang
1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China. xfjiang@chem.ecnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A sulfur redox process has been developed between sulfinate and thiosulfate, which efficiently affords diverse unsymmetrical disulfides and provides a new method to modify pharmaceuticals and natural products without requiring an extra oxidant or reductant. Gram-scale investigation further demonstrates the practicality and application potential of this process. Isolated key intermediates and a series of control experiments afford an unusual process, which reveals the mechanism of comproportionation and the transition-metal-free sulfur redox process.
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