enzene. Acid fluorides were converted into acylphosphine sulfides and thioesters using diphosphine disulfides and disulfides/triphenylphosphine, respectively. Aryl esters were obtained fromacid fluorides and phenols in the presence of triphenylsilane. Aryl esters, acylphosphine sulfides, and thioesters were also interconverted in the presence of rhodium complexes. These rhodium-catalyzed acyl transfer
Substituted pentafluorobenzenes react with sulfur to give bis(4-substituted 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenyl) sulfides in the presence of RhH(PPh3)4, 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene (dppBz), and tributylsilane. The reaction proceeds efficiently between room temperature and 80 °C. A comparative study of the reactivities of an organic trisulfide and a tetrasulfide showed notable substrate specificity. Di-tert-butyl
RhH(PPh3)4 and 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene (dppBz) catalyze the aryl exchange reaction of polyfluorinated diaryl sulfides. By employing these catalysts, unsymmetrical polyfluorinated diaryl sulfides are synthesized by the reaction of symmetrical polyfluorinated diaryl sulfides and substitutedpentafluorobenzenes in the presence of triisopropylsilane.