Electrochemical reductive cross-coupling of acyl chlorides and sulfinic acids towards the synthesis of thioesters

Jie Xu, Fangling Lu, Linghong Sun, Mingna Huang, Jianwei Jiang, Ke Wang, Dandan Ouyang, Lijun Lu, Aiwen Lei

Green Chemistry · 2022 · 34 citations · 50 references

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Abstract

In this context, we used an electrochemical reduction method to obtain thiyl radicals from sulfinic acids. In a simple undivided cell, various acyl chlorides and sulfinic acids were compatible, generating 40 examples of the desired thioesters.

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