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Published on: August 1, 2018
Disulfide metathesis via sulfur⋯iodine interaction and photoswitchability
Ashis Mathuri1, Milan Pramanik1, Amarchand Parida1
1School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, Bhubaneswar, PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Odisha 752050, India. pmal@niser.ac.in.
Abstract:
The idea of constitutional dynamic chemistry (CDC) and dynamic combinatorial chemistry (DCC) is widespread in the literature using the chemistry of disulfides. The synthesis of unsymmetrical diaryl disulfides is challenging due to the presence of a weak S-S bond. We report herein the synthesis of unsymmetrical diaryl disulfides from two symmetrical disulfides via a cross-metathesis reaction which was controlled by a weak sulfur⋯iodine (S⋯I) interaction. The unsymmetrical disulfides were stable in acetonitrile solution in the presence of N-iodosuccinimide (NIS), and found to be reversibly photoswitchable to the symmetrical disulfides under visible light irradiation.
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