Cu-Catalyzed Double S-Alkenylation of Potassium Sulfide: A Highly Efficient Method for the Synthesis of Various Thiophenes
Wei You, Xiaoyu Yan, Qian Liao and Chanjuan Xi*
Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of
Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing
100084, China, Email: cjxi
tsinghua.edu.cn
W. You, X. Yan, Q. Liao, C. Xi, Org. Lett., 2010, 12, 3930-3933.
DOI: 10.1021/ol101619s
Abstract
Copper-catalyzed tandem S-alkenylation of potassium sulfide with 1,4-diiodo-1,3-dienes enables an efficient synthetic approach to variously substituted thiophenes.
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