Tetrahedron Letters

Gold-catalyzed C–S bond formation from thiols

M Jean, J Renault, P Van de Weghe, N Asao

Index: Jean, Mickael; Renault, Jacques; van de Weghe, Pierre; Asao, Naoki Tetrahedron Letters, 2010 , vol. 51, # 2 p. 378 - 381

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Abstract

During the last decade, the use of homogenous gold catalysts for organic transformations has enjoyed tremendous popularity among chemists working in the field of catalysis and organic synthesis. 1 To date, gold complexes have been employed for efficient C–C, C–N, C–S, and C–O bond-forming reactions. Since aryl or alkyl thioethers were known to be important for many biologically active and pharmaceutical compounds, 2 the formation of C–S bonds ...