Transformation of Benzo[b]thiophene-2, 3-diones to Functionalised Diaryldisulfides

Title:Transformation of Benzo[b]thiophene-2, 3-diones to Functionalised Diaryldisulfides

Volume: 10 Issue: 5

Author(s): Ramchand T. Pardasani, Saurabh Singh, Johnson George, Rahul Joshi and T. Vaidyanathan Sundar

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Keywords: Benzo[b]thiophene-2, 3-dione, diaryldisulfides, air-oxidation, ring opening, nucleophilic attack, crystallographic data.

Abstract: A facile synthesis of symmetric diaryldisulfides in 55-75% yield by nucleophilic ring opening of benzo[b]thiophene-2,3-diones is described.

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Pardasani Ramchand T., Singh Saurabh, George Johnson, Joshi Rahul and Sundar T. Vaidyanathan, Transformation of Benzo[b]thiophene-2, 3-diones to Functionalised Diaryldisulfides, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2013; 10 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570178611310050010