An efficient, simple and facile green protocol for the direct sulfenylation of electron-rich species from readily available aryl thiols with the aid of molecular iodine under solvent-free, metal-free and aerobic conditions provides a variety of aryl sulfides in excellent yields.
An efficient and convenient protocol for iodine-mediated thiolation of phenols/phenylamines with sodium benzene-sulfinates in water has been achieved.