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Chemical Communications

The unexpected and facile molybdenum mediated formation of tri- and tetracyclic pentathiepins from pyrazine-alkynes and sulfur†‡

Muhammad Zubair,a   Ashta Chandra Ghoshb  and  Carola Schulzke*b  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland

b Institut für Biochemie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 4, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
E-mail: carola.schulzke@uni-greifswald.de
Fax: +49 3834 864377
Tel: +49 3834 864321

Abstract

The synthesis of a novel family of pentathiepino-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine derivatives is reported. These compounds are formed by the reaction of alkynyl-substituted heterocyclic precursors with elemental sulfur in the presence of molybdenum oxo bis-tetrasulfide under very mild conditions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC37025E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Sept. 2012
Accepted
09 Nov. 2012
First published
09 Nov. 2012

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 4343-4345

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The unexpected and facile molybdenum mediated formation of tri- and tetracyclic pentathiepins from pyrazine-alkynes and sulfur

M. Zubair, A. C. Ghosh and C. Schulzke, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 4343 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37025E

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