A Convenient Synthesis of Bis(phenythio)benzenes through Displacement of Halo and Nitro-substituents

Abstract

Numerous methods appear in the literature for the synthesis of aryl sulfides from a variety of substrates. Procedures have been based on halobenzenes,^2,4 activated halobenzenes,^5–8 and most recently from dinitrobenzenes.⁹ We would now like to report the extension of these procedures to include symmetrically substituted Bis(phenylthio) benzenes through the displacement of halogens from dihalonitrobenzenes, as shown in Equation 1.