Chemistry Letters, Vol.37, No.8, 836-837, 2008
Stereospecific synthesis of alkyl aryl sulfides from alcohols and 2-sulfanylbenzothiazole using aryl diphenylphosphinite and azide compounds by a new type of oxidation-reduction condensation
The preparation of alkyl aryl Sulfides front alcohols and 2-sulfanylbenzothiazole using phenyl diphenylphosphinite and azide compounds by a new type of oxidation-reduction condensation is described. The chiral secondary and tertiary alcohols are converted into the corresponding chiral Sulfides with almost complete inversion of configurations under mild and neutral conditions.