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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kang B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5627187 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20170724 9
The first direct C(sp<sup>3</sup>)-H thiocarbonylation reaction is achieved by visible light photoredox/Ni dual catalysis. The thioester group of thiobenzoate is transferred to the α-oxy carbon of various cyclic/acyclic ethers, which is the opposite to the commonly expected chemical reactivity involving acyl group transfer <i>via</i> the weaker C(acyl)-S activation. Through mechanistic studies, we proposed that the reaction is initiated by photocatalytic reduction and fragmentation of the thioes ...[more]