Abstract
Stoichiometric copper(I) iodide, in the presence of potassium carbonate and ethylene glycol, promotes the coupling of even highly sterically encumbered 2,6-disubstituted thiophenols and aryl iodides to form hindered diarylsulfides. Hindered diarylsulfones may be made in a complementary fashion by ortholithiation of the sulfone oxidation products of less hindered diarylsulfides.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2769-2772 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | SYNLETT |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 24 Sept 2009 |
Keywords
- Copper
- Coupling
- Lithiation
- Sulfide
- Sulfone
- Ullmann