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Polysulfuration via a Bilateral Thiamine Disulfurating Reagent

Jiahui Xue and Xuefeng Jiang*

*School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China, Email: xfjiangchem.ecnu.edu.cn

J. Xue, X. Jiang, Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 8044-8048.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02992



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Abstract

The use of a six-membered thiamine disulfurating reagent enables a mild and efficient moduling disulfuration for polysulfide construction. Under the control of energy release of ring strain, diverse unsymmetrical trisulfides and tetrasulfides were generated through the assembly of nucleophiles on both sides of the sulfur-sulfur motif.

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tetrasulfides


ID: J54-Y2020