Palladium-catalyzed carbonylative transformation of aryl iodides and sulfonyl chlorides: convenient access to thioesters†
Abstract
A palladium-catalyzed carbonylative transformation of aryl iodides and sulfonyl chlorides has been studied. Both aryl and alkyl sulfonyl chlorides were all successfully transformed into the desired thioesters with sulfonyl chlorides as the sulfur source. Mo(CO)6 played a dual role as both CO surrogate and reductant in this reaction.