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Efficient ligand-free nickel-catalyzed C–S cross-coupling of thiols with aryl iodides

S Jammi, P Barua, L Rout, P Saha, T Punniyamurthy

Index: Jammi, Suribabu; Barua, Priyanka; Rout, Laxmidhar; Saha, Prasenjit; Punniyamurthy, Tharmalingam Tetrahedron Letters, 2008 , vol. 49, # 9 p. 1484 - 1487

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Citation Number: 138

Abstract

NiCl2· 6H2O efficiently catalyzes the C–S bond formation by the cross-coupling of aryl iodides with thiols in tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) in excellent yield. The reaction functions in air and the NiLn-TBAB can be recovered and recycled without the loss of activity.