Copper-mediated oxidative trifluoromethylthiolation of potassium aryltrifluoroborates with elemental sulfur and Ruppert-Prakash reagent

• Main Authors: Srinivas Reddy Dubbaka, Azmi Reddy Atthunuri, Koraboina Chandra Prakash, Prabhu Rangabashyam, Satyanarayana Gadde, Rajesh Kothandaraman
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: potassium aryltrifluoroborates; copper; Ruppert–Prakash reagent; elemental sulfur; aryl trifluoromethyl thioethers; trifluoromethylthiolation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80795; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40627
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A facile procedure for the copper-mediated oxidative trifluoromethylthiolation of potassium aryl- and heteroaryltrifluoroborates with Ruppert–Prakash reagent and elemental sulfur is presented. Aryl trifluoromethyl thioethers can be prepared in good to moderate yield under mild reaction conditions.