Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (7): 1129-1132.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(10)60243-4

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Cu-Catalyzed Coupling of Aryl Iodides with Thiols Using Carbonyl-Phosphine Oxide Ligands

WANG Haolong, WAN Boshun*   

  1. Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2011-04-01 Revised:2011-05-05 Online:2011-07-18 Published:2014-11-28

Abstract: A series of carbonyl-phosphine oxide ligands were synthesized from 2-bromophenylaldehyde and used in Cu-catalyzed C–S coupling reactions. Aryl iodide and aryl bromide reacted with thiols efficiently upon catalysis under mild reaction conditions and a yield of up to 99% was obtained.

Key words: Cu, carbonyl-phosphine oxide, carbon-sulfur bond formation, cross-coupling reaction, iodide aryl, thiol