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SHORT COMMUNICATION

A facile and efficient procedure for the deoxygenation of sulfoxides to sulfides with the HfCl4/Zn system

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Pages 358-363 | Received 15 Feb 2015, Accepted 15 Mar 2015, Published online: 24 Apr 2015
 

Abstract

Treatment of sulfoxides with the HfCl4/Zn system in acetonitrile at room temperature has been shown to provide the corresponding sulfides in high yields. This new methodology is highly chemoselective, tolerating several functional groups such as –Br, –Cl, –OCH3, –CHO and double bond.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Funding

This work was financially supported by Korea University.

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