Iodine catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative C–S coupling by C(sp2)–H bond activation: direct access to aryl sulfides from aryl thiols
Keyword(s):
An efficient, simple and facile green protocol for the direct sulfenylation of electron-rich species from readily available aryl thiols with the aid of molecular iodine under solvent-free, metal-free and aerobic conditions provides a variety of aryl sulfides in excellent yields.