Synthesis of disulfides and diselenides by copper-catalyzed coupling reactions in water

…, F Ke, H Deng, H Xu, H Xiang, X Zhou

Index: Li, Zhengkai; Ke, Fang; Deng, Hang; Xu, Hualong; Xiang, Haifeng; Zhou, Xiangge Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2013 , vol. 11, # 18 p. 2943 - 2946

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Abstract

Initially, our studies began with the reaction between iodobenzene and elemental sulphur powder in the presence of CuCl 2 as a catalyst, Cs 2 CO 3 as a base, and (nBu) 4 NF as a phase transfer reagent, and water as a reaction medium at 100 °C. The desired product was obtained in only 10% yield (Table 1, entry 1). Then, various copper sources and ligands were tested, and the results revealed that CuCl 2 was better than other copper salts including Cu(OAc) 2 , ...