Cerium catalyst promoted C-S cross-coupling: synthesis of thioethers, dapsone and RN-18 precursors

Org Biomol Chem. 2019 Dec 4;17(47):10103-10108. doi: 10.1039/c9ob02171j.

Abstract

In this work, we present a novel, efficient and green methodology for the synthesis of thioethers by the C-S cross-coupling reaction with the assistance of [Ce(l-Pro)2]2Ox as a heterogeneous catalyst in good to excellent yields. A scale-up of the protocol was explored using an unpublished methodology for the synthesis of a dapsone-precursor, which proved to be very effective over a short time. The catalyst [Ce(l-Pro)2]2Ox was recovered and it was shown to be effective for five more reaction cycles.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't