Copper-catalyzed diastereoselective hydrothioetherification of oxa(aza)benzonorbornadienes

Org Biomol Chem. 2020 May 13;18(18):3575-3584. doi: 10.1039/d0ob00659a.

Abstract

A novel copper-catalyzed hydrothioetherification of oxa(aza)bicyclic alkenes with potassium thioacetate and aryl or alkyl iodides to synthesize unsymmetrical thioethers has been developed. Notably, the reaction with complete diastereoselectivity went through a syn-selective addition process to give exo-adducts. In addition, this protocol exhibited high efficiency and good functional group tolerance to afford the target thioethers in moderate to good yields. Based on the results of mechanistic investigations, a plausible mechanism was proposed.