Issue 12, 2013
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Green Chemistry

Iodine-catalyzed efficient 2-arylsulfanylphenol formation from thiols and cyclohexanones†

Yunfeng Liao,ab   Pengcheng Jiang,a   Shanping Chen,a   Hongrui Qia  and  Guo-Jun Deng*a  

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a Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
E-mail: gjdeng@xtu.edu.cn
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b School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, Xiangtan 411104, China

Abstract

A novel method for the formation of 2-arylsulfanylphenols from thiols and cyclohexanones is described. Iodine was used as an effective catalyst for this kind of transformation. Cyclohexanones were used as a phenol source via a dehydrogenation and tautomerization reaction.

Graphical abstract: Iodine-catalyzed efficient 2-arylsulfanylphenol formation from thiols and cyclohexanones

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3GC41671B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Aug 2013
Accepted
13 Sep 2013
First published
16 Sep 2013

Green Chem., 2013,15, 3302-3306

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Iodine-catalyzed efficient 2-arylsulfanylphenol formation from thiols and cyclohexanones

Y. Liao, P. Jiang, S. Chen, H. Qi and G. Deng, Green Chem., 2013, 15, 3302 DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41671B

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