Abstract
Zirconium tetrachloride/sodium iodide (ZrCl4/NaI) and ZrOCl2 · 8H2O/NaI conduct effective reductive coupling of sulfonyl chlorides to their corresponding disulfides and chemoselective reduction of sulfoxides to their thioethers in high yields.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Iran TWAS Chapter Based at ISMO and the Shiraz University Research Council for the support of this work.