A mild copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative thiocyanation of arylboronic acids with TMSNCS

Org Biomol Chem. 2015 Jan 21;13(3):691-6. doi: 10.1039/c4ob02208d.

Abstract

A facile and efficient transformation of arylboronic acids to their corresponding aryl thiocyanates has been successfully developed. Based on the CuCl-catalyzed oxidative cross-coupling reaction between arylboronic acids and trimethylsilylisothiocyanate (TMSNCS) under oxygen atmosphere, the transformation can be readily conducted at ambient temperature. The newly-developed protocol provided a competitive synthetic approach to aryl thiocyanates that can tolerate a broad range of reactive functional groups and/or strong electron-withdrawing groups.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Boronic Acids / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Isothiocyanates / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxidative Coupling
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Trimethylsilyl Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Boronic Acids
  • Isothiocyanates
  • Trimethylsilyl Compounds
  • trimethylsilylisothiocyanate
  • Copper
  • Oxygen