A stepwise one-pot synthesis of aliphatic thiols and their derivatives from acrylamides and sulfur

Org Biomol Chem. 2022 Jun 1;20(21):4361-4368. doi: 10.1039/d2ob00512c.

Abstract

Elemental sulfur enables the convenient formation of C-S bonds and the direct incoporation of S-S bonds. The reactivity of easily accessible electron deficient alkenes towards sulfur, however, is barely disclosed. Herein, we investigated the reactivity of acrylamides with sulfur and eventually developed a new pseudo-multicomponent reaction for the preparation of polysulfides. Sequential one-pot reduction led to diversely substituted thiols. Additional third stage one-pot modifications provided thioethers, unsymmetric disulfide and thioester.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acrylamides*
  • Alkenes / chemistry
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds*
  • Sulfur / chemistry

Substances

  • Acrylamides
  • Alkenes
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  • Sulfur