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Green Chemistry

Laccase-catalyzed synthesis of catechol thioethers by reaction of catechols with thiols using air as an oxidant†

Heba T. Abdel-Mohsen,a   Jürgen Conrada  and  Uwe Beifuss*a  

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a Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie, Universität Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 30, Stuttgart, Germany
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Abstract

The laccase-catalyzed reaction between catechols and thiols using aerial oxygen as the oxidant delivers the corresponding catechol thioethers with yields up to 96% under mild reaction conditions.

Graphical abstract: Laccase-catalyzed synthesis of catechol thioethers by reaction of catechols with thiols using air as an oxidant

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3GC41968A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Sep 2013
Accepted
30 Oct 2013
First published
30 Oct 2013

Green Chem., 2014,16, 90-95

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Laccase-catalyzed synthesis of catechol thioethers by reaction of catechols with thiols using air as an oxidant

H. T. Abdel-Mohsen, J. Conrad and U. Beifuss, Green Chem., 2014, 16, 90 DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41968A

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