A novel synthesis of unsymmetrical aryl sulfides, which requires no transition metal catalyst and no oxidant, was developed. This base-promoted cross-coupling reaction proceeded using arylhydrazines and 1 equiv amount of disulfides under inert gas conditions to afford the unsymmetrical aryl sulfides in good yields.

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Observations show that nitroanilines exhibit an unusually high S(N)Ar reactivity with OH(-) in aqueous media in reactions that produce nitrophenols. S(N)Ar reaction of 4-nitroaniline (2a) in aqueous NaOH for 16 h yields 4-nitrophenol (4a) quantitatively, whereas a similar reaction of 4-nitrochlorobenzene (1a) gave 4a in 2% yield together with recovered 1a in 97%, suggesting that the leaving ability of the NH(2) group far surpasses that of Cl under these conditions. An essential feature of S(N)Ar reactions of nitroanilines is probably that the NH(2) leaving group participates in a hydrogen-bonding interaction with H(2)O. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations for a set of 4-nitroaniline, OH(-), and H(2)O suggest a possible formation of a Meisenheimer complex stabilized by hydrogen-bonding interactions and a six-membered ring structure. The results obtained here contrast with conventional S(N)Ar reactivity profiles in which nitroanilines are nearly unreactive with nucleophiles in organic solvents.

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9-(4-Aminophenylethynyl)-10-(4-nitrophenylethynyl)anthracene (2) was synthesized in high yield by using a route involving sequential Sonogashira cross coupling reactions of 9-bromo-10-iodoanthracene with 4-nitrophenylacetylene and 4-aminophenylacetylene. Solvatochromism was observed in the absorption and fluorescence spectra of 2 in a variety of solvents. In less polar solvents, such as hexane and benzene, the fluorescence emission band of 2 appears in the green to orange region while this substance does not fluoresce in polar solvents, such as acetonitrile and DMF.