{"title":"Alkali Metal Amide-Catalyzed α-Deuteration of Sulfides","authors":"Hui-Zhen Du, Bing-Tao Guan","doi":"10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03654","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The catalytic α-deuteration of sulfides was developed under mild conditions by using alkali metal amides [KN(SiMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> and CsN(SiMe<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>] as the catalyst. This approach successfully achieves a selective and efficient H/D exchange reaction of sulfides with D<sub>2</sub> without using transition metal catalysts. A series of deuterium-labeled thioanisoles and alkyl methyl sulfides were obtained in good to high levels of deuterium incorporation.","PeriodicalId":54,"journal":{"name":"Organic Letters","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Organic Letters","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03654","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The catalytic α-deuteration of sulfides was developed under mild conditions by using alkali metal amides [KN(SiMe3)2 and CsN(SiMe3)2] as the catalyst. This approach successfully achieves a selective and efficient H/D exchange reaction of sulfides with D2 without using transition metal catalysts. A series of deuterium-labeled thioanisoles and alkyl methyl sulfides were obtained in good to high levels of deuterium incorporation.
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