Manganese-promoted reductive cross-coupling of disulfides with dialkyl carbonates
Chao-Peng Zhang1, Tian-Zhang Wang1, Yu-Feng Liang1
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China. yfliang@sdu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Manganese is a cheap and environmentally friendly metal on Earth. Herein, we report a manganese-promoted reductive cross-coupling using easily available and odorless disulfides as thiolating agents in an excellent 100% sulfur atom economy. The protocol featured a broad substrate scope, including various alkyl disulfides and excellent functional group compatibility, constructing diverse thioethers under simple conditions. Ultimately, thioethers can be prepared in gram-scale reactions and further transformed into structurally complex molecules.
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