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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
One-pot thiol-free synthetic approach to sulfides, and sulfoxides selectively
Sambasivarao Kotha1, Naveen Kumar Gupta1, Saima Ansari1
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai Mumbai 400076 India srk@chem.iitb.ac.in.
Abstract:
A facile and efficient thiol-free one-pot method for direct synthesis of sulfides and sulfoxides under green conditions without using any metal catalyst is reported. For this purpose, we used benzyl bromides as starting materials in the presence of potassium thioacetate (PTA) and Oxone® which are low-cost, and readily accessible chemicals. This method is highly compatible with a variety of functional groups and delivered a series of sulfides, bis-sulfides, and sulfoxides in good yields. The selective formation of sulfoxides over sulfones is discussed via a mechanism.
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