Journal of Chemical Research

TBAF-catalysed facile synthesis of unsymmetrical diaryl thioethers via mild SNAr reactions

B Yu, X Zang, X Yu, Q Xu

Index: Yu, Baohua; Zang, Xufeng; Yu, Xiaochun; Xu, Qing Journal of Chemical Research, 2010 , # 6 p. 351 - 353

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Abstract

By using tetrabutylammonium fluoride as the catalyst, the synthesis of unsymmetrical diaryl thioethers could be easily achieved in high yields via a mild nucleopilic aromatic substitution reaction of aryl fluorides and phenylthiotrimethylsilane. ... Keywords: tetrabutylammonium fluoride, phenylthiotrimethylsilane, nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction, unsymmetrical diaryl thioethers ... Unsymmetrical diaryl ether1 and thioether2,3 structures have attracted much interests ...