Visible-Light-Enabled Construction of Thiocarbamates from Isocyanides, Thiols, and Water at Room Temperature

Wei Wei*, Pengli Bao, Huilan Yue*, Sitong Liu, Leilei Wang, Yudong Li, Daoshan Yang

*Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042; Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Research, Qinghai 810008, China, P. R. China, Email: weiweiqfnu163.com, hlyuenwipb.cas.cn

W. Wei, P. Bao, H. Yue, S. Liu, L. Wang, Y. Li, D. Yang, Org. Lett., 2018, 20, 5291-5295.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02231

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Abstract

A convenient visible-light-induced reaction of isocyanides, thiols, and water under mild reaction conditions provides various thiocarbamates in good yields in the presence of cheap Rose Bengal as the photocatalyst.

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Key Words

thiocarbamates, air, photochemistry

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ID: J54-Y2018