Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Disulfides and Ethylene: Synthesis of β-Thiopropionate Thioesters

Org Lett. 2022 Mar 11;24(9):1848-1852. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c00422. Epub 2022 Feb 25.

Abstract

Transforming carbon monoxide (C1) and ethylene (C2) into high value-added chemicals is of great significance from an economic perspective, especially to multifunctionalized C3 compounds. Herein, we developed a palladium-catalyzed thiocarbonylative 1,2-difunctionalization of ethylene. Employing NiXantPhos as the ligand and DCE as the solvent, a series of organic disulfides can be successfully transformed into β-thiopropionate thioesters in good yields.