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Visible-light-induced radical C(sp3)–S coupling for the synthesis of cyanoalkyl thioethers

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Nickel‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Thioesters from Amides and Disulfides

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Nickel‐Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Carboxylic Acids with Disulfides to Access Thioesters

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Bioinspired zinc-mediated umpolung thiolation of alkyl electrophiles: reaction development, scope and mechanism

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Manganese‐Catalyzed Redox‐Neutral Thiolation of Alkyl Halides with Thioformates

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Nickel-Catalyzed Gas-Free Reductive Carbonylation of Aryl Thianthrenium Salts to Access Aryl Amides and Aryl Thioesters

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Interception of Alkynyl Tetracoordinate Borons with Sulfur Electrophiles beyond the Zweifel Pathway

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Dative Bonding Activation Enables Precise Functionalization of the Remote B–H Bond of nido-Carborane Clusters

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Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reaction of Aryl Methyl Sulfides with Aryl Bromides

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Silver-Catalyzed 1,2-Thiosulfonylation of Alkenes: Development of a Nucleophilic d3-Methylthiolating Reagent

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Regioselective N-arylation of N-Acylsulfenamides Enabled by o-Quinone Diimides

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A Wet Scrubber and Electrooxidation System for the Efficient Removal of Odor: A Bench-Scale Study

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Synthesis of β,β-Dithioketones by Merging C–C and C–S Bond Cleavage in [1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1] Annulation

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N-Vinylthio Phthalimides (N-VTPs): Modular Reagents for Vinylthio AIEgen Transfer

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Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Disulfides via Photocatalytic Hydrodisulfuration

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Nickel-Catalyzed Electroreductive Sulfuration of Alkyl Alcohols with Pyridyl Thioesters

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Manganese‐Catalyzed Redox‐Neutral Thiolation of Alkyl Halides with Thioformates

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Dithiolation of Alkenyl Sulfonium Salts with Arylthiols to Access 1,2-Dithioalkanes

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Cobalt-catalyzed hydrothiolation of alkynes for the diverse synthesis of branched alkenyl sulfides

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Electrophilic Sulfenylation/Cyclization of N‐Aryl and N‐Benzyl Propynamides: Synthesis of Sulfenyl Quinolinones and 3H‐Benzo[c]azepin‐3‐ones

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A Novel Synthesis of Thioesters by Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Coupling Reactions of Amides with Disulfides

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Regioselective synthesis of 4-functionalized pyridines

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Synthesis of 2,3,5,6‐Tetrasubstituted Thieno[3,2‐b]furans through Formal [3+2] Cycloaddition Utilizing [1,2]‐Phospha‐Brook Rearrangement/Brønsted Base‐Mediated Cyclization Sequence

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Copper‐Mediated C−H Chalcogenation of Heterocycles: Application to the Synthesis of Chalcogenoxanthones

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Strategies and Methods for the Synthesis of 2‐Pyrazolines: Recent Developments (2012–2022)

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