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Thioesterification of Esters with Primary Aliphatic Thiols at Room Temperature

  • Yijun Shi ,
  • Xinyue Sun ,
  • Han Cao ,
  • Fusheng Bie ,
  • Jie Ma ,
  • Zhe Liu ,
  • Xingshun Cong
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  • aEngineering and Technology Research Institute of Lunan Coal Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang, Shandong 277160
    bXiangyang Public Inspection and Testing Center, Xiangyang, Hubei 441000

Received date: 2022-12-06

  Revised date: 2023-01-28

  Online published: 2023-02-23

Supported by

Zaozhuang Science and Technology Development Program(2018GH19); Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2019QB013)

Abstract

The thioesterification of esters with primary aliphatic thiols at room temperature was reported. The advantages of the method include transition-metal-free, mild conditions, good functional group tolerance, broad substrate scope and excellent chemoselectivity with respect to aliphatic alcohol ester and phenolic ester groups. This method was successfully applied to the synthesis of probenecid thioester and sequential bond activation.

Cite this article

Yijun Shi , Xinyue Sun , Han Cao , Fusheng Bie , Jie Ma , Zhe Liu , Xingshun Cong . Thioesterification of Esters with Primary Aliphatic Thiols at Room Temperature[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023 , 43(7) : 2499 -2505 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202212008

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