Issue 18, 2013
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Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Synthesis of disulfides and diselenides by copper-catalyzed coupling reactions in water†

Zhengkai Li,a   Fang Ke,*a   Hang Deng,a   Hualong Xu,a   Haifeng Xianga  and  Xiangge Zhou*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Homogeneous Catalysis, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
E-mail: zhouxiangge@scu.edu.cn
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b Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China

Abstract

A simple and efficient protocol for copper-catalyzed coupling reactions between aryl halides and elemental sulfur or selenium has been developed. A variety of disulfides and diselenides can be obtained in moderate to excellent yields up to 96%.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3OB40464A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Mar 2013
Accepted
20 Mar 2013
First published
20 Mar 2013

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013,11, 2943-2946

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Synthesis of disulfides and diselenides by copper-catalyzed coupling reactions in water

Z. Li, F. Ke, H. Deng, H. Xu, H. Xiang and X. Zhou, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 2943 DOI: 10.1039/C3OB40464A

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