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Kuldeep Singh Bhati1, Riya Nagar1, Bhanwar Kumar Malviya1
1Department of Chemistry, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313001, India.
Abstract:
A novel electrochemical cross-dehydrogenative C-S bond coupling of aryl thiols with 2H-indazole is reported. Thiol-functionalized 2H-indazoles were synthesized under catalyst-, oxidant-, and metal-free conditions with innocuous hydrogen as the sole byproduct at ambient temperature. Furthermore, continuous electrochemical flow conditions using a graphite/Ni flow cell were used to obtained 3-(arylthio)-2H-indazole compounds on a gram scale within the residence time of 39 min. Detailed mechanistic studies including control experiments and cyclic voltammetry are provided to support the radical-radical cross-coupling pathway.
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