First Isolation of Eclipsed vic-Disulfoxide: 7,8-Dithiabicyclo[4.2.1]nona-2,4-diene 7-exo,8-exo-Dioxide

Radical approaches to C-S bonds

Organosulfur functionalities are ubiquitous in nature, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, materials and flavourants. Historically, these moieties were introduced almost exclusively using ionic chemistry; however, radical-based methods for the installation of sulfur-based functional groups have recently come to the fore. These radical methods have enabled their late-stage introduction into complex molecules, avoiding the need to preserve labile organosulfur moieties through multistep synthetic sequences. Here, we discuss homolytic C-S bond-forming processes, with a particular emphasis on radical substitution approaches to sulfide, disulfide and sulfinyl products, and the use of sulfur dioxide and its surrogates to build sulfonyl products. We also highlight the mechanistic considerations that we hope will guide further development of radical-based strategies compatible with the various organosulfur moieties that feature in modern chemistry.

Exploring the synthetic application of sulfinyl radicals

This review summarized the applications of sulfinyl radicals in organic chemistry and thoroughly examined the challenges and future development trends of sulfinyl radicals in modern organic chemistry, as well as their structures and properties.

Molecular Wires with Controllable π-Delocalization Incorporating Redox-Triggered π-Conjugated Switching Units

A perfluorobiphenyl-2,2'-diyl dication and its corresponding dihydrophenanthrene-type electron donor are interconvertible upon two-electron transfer. Redox-triggered C-C bond-formation/cleavage caused a drastic change in the torsion angle of the biphenyl unit. Thus, π-delocalization ON/OFF switching was observed as a change in the UV absorption upon electrolysis of the linearly extended analogue with two phenylethynyl groups. A further extended π-system with a molecular length of ca. 3.5 nm, which has two switching units, was synthesized. Spectroelectrograms as well as voltammetric analyses showed that the two units act nearly simultaneously because of the very small inter-unit electrostatic repulsion in the tetracationic state. Thus, the present pair is a promising candidate as a switching unit for "molecular wires" with controllable π-delocalization, in which a higher ON/OFF ratio of delocalization could be realized by incorporating multiple switching units.

Isolation of stable non cyclic 1,2-disulfoxides. Revisiting the thermolysis of S-aryl sulfinimines

The thermolysis of S-aryl sulfinimines is shown to generate 1,2-disulfoxides and disulfides via initial Cope elimination, dimerisation of the produced sulfenic acid to a thiosulfinate, and subsequent disproportionation of the thiosulfinate.

Rearrangement of a (Dithiolato)platinum(II) Complex Formed by Reaction of Cyclic Disulfide 7,8-Dithiabicyclo[4.2.1]nona-2,4-diene with a Platinum(0) Complex: Oxidation of the Rearranged (Dithiolato)platinum(II) Complex

Reaction of the title bicyclic disulfide 16 with [(Ph3P)2Pt(eta2-C2H4)] (2) yielded the corresponding (dithiolato)platinum(II) complex 17 by oxidative addition. The initial product 17 isomerized at room temperature in a [1,5]-sulfur rearrangement to give another (dithiolato)platinum(II) complex 18 in high isolated yield. Oxidation reactions of 18 with dimethyldioxirane (DMD) provided (sulfenato-thiolato)platinum(II) 23, (sulfinato-thiolato)platinum(II) 24, (sulfenato-sulfinato)platinum(II) 25, and (disulfinato)platinum(II) 26 complexes, the structures of which were elucidated by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The oxidation process took place regioselectively in the first step and chemoselectively in the second. The selectivities are discussed.

Synthesis and Properties of a Dithiirane trans-1,2-Dioxide, a Three-Membered vic-Disulfoxide

cis- and trans-3-(1-adamantyl)-3-tert-butyldithiirane 1-oxides were oxidized with dimethyldioxirane to give the trans-1,2-dioxide. Thermal decomposition of the 1,2-dioxide yielded the corresponding (E)- and (Z)-sulfines, thioketone, and cis- and trans-dithiirane 1-oxides. In the thermolysis, decomposition to the sulfines and SO was the main path and that to the thioketone and SO(2) was the minor one. The two decomposition processes and epimerization to the cis-1,2-dioxide were analyzed theoretically. SO generated in situ reacted with thioketones as additives to give the corresponding dithiirane 1-oxides.