Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Nickel-catalyzed reductive thiolation and selenylation of unactivated alkyl bromides

  • Yi Fang,
  • Torben Rogge,
  • Lutz Ackermann,
  • Shun-Yi Wang,
  • Shun-Jun Ji

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04646-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Chalcogen-containing compounds find broad application in chemical industry. Here, the authors report a nickel-catalyzed reductive chalcogenation of unactivated alkyl bromides with thiosulfonates and selenosulfonates to access a range of unsymmetrical sulfides and selenides under mild conditions.