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
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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.
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Key Words
disulfides, photochemistry
ID: J48-Y2020