Photoinduced Nucleophilic Substitution of Aryl Halides with Potassium Thioacetate–A One??Pot Approach to Aryl Methyl and Diaryl Sulfides

LC Schmidt, V Rey, AB Peñéñory

Index: Schmidt, Luciana C.; Rey, Valentina; Penenory, Alicia B. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006 , # 9 p. 2210 - 2214

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Abstract

Abstract Aryl methyl sulfides and diaryl sulfides were prepared by photoinduced reactions of potassium thioacetate with aryl halides under entrainment conditions. Without isolation, the arene thiolates obtained by the aromatic substitution were quenched with methyl iodide to afford the aryl methyl sulfides in 26–59% yields in a “one-pot” procedure together with the diaryl sulfides in variable yields (3–31%). By optimization of the reaction conditions it was ...