Organic Chemistry Portal

Abstracts

Search:

Radical Substitution Provides a Unique Route to Disulfides

Zijun Wu and Derek A. Pratt*

*Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada, Email: dprattuottawa.ca

Z. Wu, D. A. Pratt, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 10284-10290.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03626


see article for more reactions

Abstract

Alkyl and aryl radicals generated thermally or photochemically underwent substitution on readily prepared dialkyl, diaryl, and diacyl tetrasulfides to yield the corresponding disulfides in good to excellent yields.

see article for more examples



Key Words

disulfides, photochemistry


ID: J48-Y2020