Biaryl thiophenols

The enhancement of the electrophilic properties of thaHium(III) ttifluoroacetate makes it a very important thaHation reagent. The products of thaHation, eg, arylthaHium bis(ttifluoracetate), undergo a variety of substitution reactions, yielding iodides, fluorides, nitriles, thiophenols, phenols, and biaryls. 

From the point of view of the synthetic organic chemist, the importance of aromatic thallation, and the remarkable degree of orientation control which can be exercised over this process, lies in the ease with which the resulting ArTlXj compounds can be converted into substituted aromatic derivatives in which the new substituent group has entered the ring at the position to which thallium was originally attached. Syntheses of phenols, nitroso compounds, biaryls, aromatic nitriles, thiophenols, and deuterated aromatic compounds have all been achieved these results are summarized briefly below. 

In 2004-2005, we reported direct thioetherification of tautomerizable heterocycles with sulfur nucleophiles via phosphonium coupling to produce biaryl thioethers or alkyl aryl thioethers. Thiophenols are... 

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