Iodine-catalyzed, highly atom-economic synthesis of 9-sulfenylphenanthrenes and polycyclic heteroaromatics in water
Nilanjana Mukherjee, Tanmay Chatterjee
Abstract
An iodine-catalyzed, highly atom-economic and scalable synthetic method has been developed for the oxidative annulation of 2-alkynyl biaryls with disulfides in water to access a wide variety of 9-sulfenylphenanthrenes and polycyclic heteroaromatics.
Topics & Concepts
AnnulationIodineCatalysisChemistryAtom (system on chip)Combinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryComputer scienceEmbedded systemSulfur-Based Synthesis TechniquesCatalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsChemical Synthesis and Reactions