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Potassium tert-butoxide-mediated synthesis of unsymmetrical diaryl ethers, sulfides and selenides from aryl bromides

A Kumar, BS Bhakuni, CD Prasad, S Kumar, S Kumar

Index: Kumar, Sangit; Kumar, Amit; Bhakuni, Bhagat Singh; Prasad, Ch. Durga; Kumar, Shailesh Tetrahedron, 2013 , vol. 69, # 26 p. 5383 - 5392

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Abstract

Potassium tert-butoxide mediated carbon–chalcogen C–E (E= O, S and Se) coupling reaction has been studied from aryl bromide and phenol/aryl disulfide/diselenide substrates. A series of unsymmetrical diaryl chalcogenides were accessed from aryl bromide and diaryl dichalcogenide precursors by using 2.5 equiv of potassium tert-butoxide in DMSO at 80° C. Unsymmetrical diaryl ethers were also obtained by using phenol precursors at 40–45° C. ...