Sulfide is a widely occurring natural product and pharmaceutically active compound. This review highlights the photochemically mediated thioether synthesis reactions, with emphasis on catalytic mechanism.
This review comprehensively summarizes the dichalcogenative functionalization of unsaturated compounds over the past decade. The scopes, limitations and detailed reaction mechanisms are also discussed.
This review highlights halogen-mediated C2/C3 functionalization of indoles using molecular halogens and N-halosuccinimides for diverse bond-forming transformations, offering an efficient platform for sustainable indole functionalization.
A recyclable iodine-catalyzed, sustainable C–H sulfenylation and selenation of 1,1-diarylalkenes is developed in water under an aerobic atmosphere.
This review systematically summarizes the strategic progress in unreactive C–H bond sulfuration, encompassing core methodologies such as transition-metal catalysis, photocatalytic systems, and electrocatalytic systems.