Issue 12, 2021
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Chemical Communications

Rhodium-catalyzed carbonylative coupling of alkyl halides with thiols: a radical process faster than easier nucleophilic substitution†‡

Han-Jun Ai, ORCID logo a   Jabor Rabeah, ORCID logo a   Angelika Brückner ORCID logo a  and  Xiao-Feng Wu ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e. V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straβe 29a, Rostock 18059, Germany
E-mail: xiao-feng.wu@catalysis.de

b Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, China
E-mail: xwu2020@dicp.ac.cn

Abstract

How to make a carbonylative coupling faster than the easier nucleophilic substitution? In this communication, a rhodium-catalyzed radical-based carbonylative coupling of alkyl halides with thiolphenols has been realized. Thioesters were isolated in good yields in general.

Graphical abstract: Rhodium-catalyzed carbonylative coupling of alkyl halides with thiols: a radical process faster than easier nucleophilic substitution

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC07578G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Nov 2020
Accepted
08 Jan 2021
First published
08 Jan 2021

Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 1466-1469

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Rhodium-catalyzed carbonylative coupling of alkyl halides with thiols: a radical process faster than easier nucleophilic substitution

H. Ai, J. Rabeah, A. Brückner and X. Wu, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 1466 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC07578G

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