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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
Recent progress in photoinduced direct desulfurization of thiols
Yuhong Ma1, Jinfei Deng1, Jianyu Gu1
1Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis & Chiral Drug Synthesis of Guizhou Province, Generic Drug Research Center of Guizhou Province, Department of Pharmacy, Zunyi Medical University, 6 Xuefu Road West, Zunyi, 563000, China. yaoqiuli@zmu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The reduction of mercaptans plays an important role in diverse areas such as protein synthesis, polymer science, environmental study, and pharmaceutical chemistry. Despite significant advancements in this area, particularly in light-induced transformations, review articles have rarely been reported on this topic. Thus, this review article emphasizes the direct photoinduced desulfurization and functionalization of thiols to alkanes or coupling products, with a focus on significant advancements made in the last decade. The progress is discussed according to the types of bonds formed from the cleavage of Csp-SH bonds.
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