A metal-free approach to N-aryl thioamides fromBuntesalts and anilines in DMSO has been developed. This method tolerated a wide range of functional groups on the aromatic ring, providing an ideal way to N-aryl thioamides in good to excellent yields from cheap and easily available starting materials. A plausible mechanism was also proposed based on the X-ray single crystal diffraction, NMR and MS
Sulfur‐Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Dibenzyl Disulfides with Amines: Access to Thioamides and Aza Heterocycles
作者:Thanh Binh Nguyen、Le Phuong Anh Nguyen、Thi Thu Tram Nguyen
DOI:10.1002/adsc.201801695
日期:2019.4.16
In the presence of catalytic amounts of elemental sulfur, dibenzyl disulfide/DMSO was found to be an excellent thiobenzoylating agent of amines to provide a wide range of thioamides. The reaction becomes autocatalytic when anilines substituted by an o‐cyclizable group were used as nucleophile, leading to the corresponding 2‐aryl aza heterocycles.