Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Photocatalyst-free decarboxylative cross-coupling of α-keto acids with aryl sulfinates for the synthesis of S-aryl thioesters.
Harshita Gupta, Jaya Tripathi, Anuj Sharma
Published: 202510.1039/d5cc05050b
Abstract
We report a novel visible-light-induced, photocatalyst-free method for thioester synthesis from α-keto acids and sodium aryl sulfinates. Singlet oxygen mediates SET to form acyl radicals, while aryl sulfinates generate aryl thiosulfonates (RSO2SR) vi…
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