Sodium telluride-mediated sulfenylation of α-halo carbonyl compounds with diphenyl disulfide

S Padmanabhan, T Ogawa, H Suzuki

Index: Padmanabhan, Seetharamaiyer; Ogawa, Takuji; Suzuki, Hitomi Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1989 , vol. 62, # 4 p. 1358 - 1360

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Abstract

Under mild aprotic conditions α-halo carbonyl compounds react with diphenyl disulfide in the presence of sodium telluride to give the corresponding α-phenylthio derivatives in good to moderate yields. The reaction appears to proceed involving the sulfur–sulfur bond cleavage of diphenyl disulfide by sodium telluride.