Issue 81, 2014

Copper-catalyzed cyanation of disulfides by azobisisobutyronitrile leading to thiocyanates

Abstract

The copper-catalyzed cyanation of disulfides by azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) was developed, leading to thiocyanates in moderate to good yields. This procedure tolerates a series of functional groups, such as chloro, nitro, methyl and methoxycarbonyl in the phenyl ring of disulfides. Notably, it enables the use of two ArS units in (ArS)2. CuI was found to be essential for the in situ formation of cyanide anions.

Graphical abstract: Copper-catalyzed cyanation of disulfides by azobisisobutyronitrile leading to thiocyanates

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Jun 2014
Accepted
17 Aug 2014
First published
18 Aug 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 12139-12141

Author version available

Copper-catalyzed cyanation of disulfides by azobisisobutyronitrile leading to thiocyanates

F. Teng, J. Yu, H. Yang, Y. Jiang and J. Cheng, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 12139 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC04578E

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