Wiley-VCH Verlag, ChemInform, 37(46), p. no-no, 2015
Royal Society of Chemistry, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 21(13), p. 5859-5861
DOI: 10.1039/c5ob00494b
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A simple high-yielding preparation of aryl alkynyl sulfides is presented. The reaction of a chloroacetylene with a thiolate salt in the presence of an amine mediator (dimethylamine or N,N’-dimethylethylenediamine) yields the alkynyl sulfides in good yields. The alkynyl chloride is easily prepared from the parent alkyne contrasting sharply with the cumbersome synthesis of an alkynyl sulfonamide previously required.