“…[1][2][3] In light of the easy availability of various phenols 1, their facile conversion to N,N-dimethyl O-arylthiocarbamates 2 as well as the readily achieved cleavage of the NKR product 3 by hydrolysis, methanolysis, or reduction, the NKR is one of the most synthetically attractive routes for the formation of thiophenols 4 from phenols 1 (Scheme 1). [4][5][6] Both thiophenols and similarly accessible sulfur-containing compounds such as sulfoxides, sulfones, thioethers, and sulfonic acids contribute to a broad eld of applications including agrochemicals, dyestuffs, medicinal chemistry, chiral ligands, molecular switches, organocatalysts, dendrimers and supramolecular assemblies. [5][6][7] Not least, the NKR can be utilized for the synthesis of specic arenes from phenols 1 by desulfurization of the corresponding thiophenols 4.…”