The Journal of organic chemistry

A facile one-pot synthesis of alkyl aryl sulfides from aryl bromides

J Ham, I Yang, H Kang

Index: Ham, Jungyeob; Yang, Inho; Kang, Heonjoong Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004 , vol. 69, # 9 p. 3236 - 3239

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Citation Number: 85

Abstract

A convenient one-pot synthetic method for the formation of alkyl aryl sulfides from various alkyl halides and lithium aryl thiolates that are prepared in situ by direct halogen-lithium exchange is reported. In particular, the method overcomes many of the problems encountered in previous reports; it is very quick, catalyst-free, and does not involve use of unstable aryl thiols.