We developed an anion-shuttle-type methylthiolation agent that enables efficient and versatile methylthiolation of diverse arylelectrophiles, including challenging substrates, with broad applications in pharmaceuticals and natural products.
The quantitative analyses of molecular mutual positions in a range of brickwork crystal structures of methylchalocogenolated (hetero)arenes gave us a hint to understand the key features of the system for designing better molecular semiconductors and the crystal structures.
This review comprehensively summarizes the dichalcogenative functionalization of unsaturated compounds over the past decade. The scopes, limitations and detailed reaction mechanisms are also discussed.
Extension of π-conjugation is not always the best approach for superior molecular semiconductors; rather, precise control of the mutual positions of molecules in the solid state is crucial.
An electrochemical C-3 methylthiolation reaction of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines was achieved. The method used DMSO as both the methylthiolating reagent and solvent and KI as both the hydrogen atom transfer reagent and supporting electrolyte.