Copper-catalyzed cyanothiolation to incorporate a sulfur-substituted quaternary carbon center

• DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02867a
• Publication Date: 2017-08-15T12:33:29Z
• Authors: Yubing Huang; Xianwei Li; Xu Wang; Yue Yu; Jia Zheng; Wanqing Wu; Huanfeng Jiang
• Keywords: Quaternary carbon; Carbon fibers; Center (category theory)

A copper-catalyzed cyanothiolation of <italic>N</italic>-tosylhydrazones with thiocyanates to generate α-arylthioalkanenitriles bearing sulfur-substituted quaternary carbon center atoms has been achieved.