Silver-Catalyzed Direct Thiolation of Quinones by Activation of Aryl Disulfides to Synthesize Quinonyl Aryl Thioethers
作者:Cheng Zhang、Jesse McClure、C. James Chou
DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.5b00247
日期:2015.5.15
A silver-catalyzed coupling reaction of quinones with aryl disulfides for the synthesis of quinonyl aryl thio ethers is described. In the presence of AgOAc (0.2 equiv)/dppp (0.24 equiv) as the catalyst, (NH4)(2)S2O8 (3.0 equiv) as the oxidant, and Bu4NBF4 (1.0 equiv) as the additive, the reaction is simple, provides high yield (up to 88% yield), and possesses a broad substrate scope. The reaction is believed to proceed via direct activation of disulfides evidenced by observation of a metathesis reaction between two different disulfides placed together under the reaction conditions and C-13 NMR spectroscopy analysis.