Development of the Large-Scale Preparation of 2-(Methanesulfonyl)benzenesulfonyl Chloride

An efficient method for the C-S bond formation via the coupling reaction of arylboronic acids with dimethyldisulfide has been developed under the metal-free conditions. This novel protocol provides an attractive route for the synthesis of aryl methyl sulfides, due to its operational simplicity, satisfactory yields, excellent functional-group tolerance, as well as the mild reaction conditions. Aryl methyl sulfides are valuable structural motifs present in many pharmaceuticals and bioactive natural molecules. 1 Besides, they also serve as useful substrates for transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, including C-C 2 and C-N 3 coupling reaction as electrophiles, and the carbothiolation of terminal alkynes. 4 Undoubtedly, palladium 5 and other transition metals, such as nickel, 6 copper, 7 cobalt, 8 and indium 9 catalyzed C(aryl)-S coupling of thiols with aryl halides or pseudohalides to provide aryl sulfides that have emerged as mild and effective protocols compared with the traditional C(aryl)-S bond synthetic approaches via nucleophilic aromatic substitution, which generally required harsh reaction conditions 10 and the coupling reaction of arylmagnesium halides with a suitable electrophilic arylsulfur reagent 11 over the past several decades. However, the formation of aryl methyl sulfides in this fashion has not been reported so far, presumably owing to the low boiling point of methanethiol. In general, an effective strategy for the preparation of aryl methyl sulfides mainly consist of reduction of sulfoxides, 12 coupling reaction of aryl thiols with iodomethane, 13 and aryl halides with dimethyldisulfide. 14 An alternative method is the heteroatom-facilitated lithiation of aromatic C-H bonds followed by electrophilic substitution with dimethyldisulfide, which is more attractive from an atom-economical viewpoint. 15 It is worthwhile to mention that visible-light-mediated synthesis of aryl methyl sulfides from arenediazonium salts and dimethyldisulfide in the presence of eosin Y, a metal-free dye, has also been developed under mild reaction conditions, which exactly conforms to green and sustainable chemistry. 16 Recently, DMSO has been explored as an effective methylthiolation surrogate for this transformation. Apart from aryl halides 17 and aryl carboxylic acids, 18 the direct C-S bond formation via C-H bond activation with DMSO is also successful. 19 Nevertheless, generally, some or one of the items including catalytic or stoichiometric amount of transitionmetal sources, an appropriate ligand, Lewis acid, restricted substrates, or harsh reaction conditions were necessary in the aforementioned protocols. Furthermore, due to the fact that the reactions under metal-free conditions are desired particularly in the pharmaceutical synthesis and environmentally benign synthetic procedures, and arylboronic acids have been widely employed in the formation of carbonheteroatom bonds such as C-N 20 and C-O, 20f,r,21 but seldom in carbon-sulfur bond, we herein describe a transitionmetal-free C-S bond formation...

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“…1 2, entry 9) [1] Yield 75%, 119.3mg. 1 2, entry 10) [3] Yield 63%, 100.2mg. 2, entry 11) [1] Yield 69%, 140.0mg.…”

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Metal-Free, DTBP-Mediated Methylthiolation of Arylboronic Acids with Dimethyldisulfide

Lou

Yan

2016

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t-BuOK-promoted methylthiolation of aryl fluorides with dimethyldisulfide under transition-metal-free and mild conditions

Huang

2021

Journal of Fluorine Chemistry

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Handbook for Chemical Process Research and Development

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Development of the Large-Scale Preparation of 2-(Methanesulfonyl)benzenesulfonyl Chloride

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Metal-Free, DTBP-Mediated Methylthiolation of Arylboronic Acids with Dimethyldisulfide

Metal-Free, DTBP-Mediated Methylthiolation of Arylboronic Acids with Dimethyldisulfide

t-BuOK-promoted methylthiolation of aryl fluorides with dimethyldisulfide under transition-metal-free and mild conditions

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