Li X, Wang X, Li Y, Xiao J, Du Y. Application of DMSO as a methylthiolating reagent in organic synthesis.
Org Biomol Chem 2022;
20:4471-4495. [PMID:
35593912 DOI:
10.1039/d2ob00570k]
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Abstract
In the past decades, DMSO has been widely used not only as a common solvent but also as an environmentally benign oxidant in various organic transformations. Most strikingly, DMSO can be used as a sulfur source to construct methylthiolated building blocks of potential biologically active molecules, which is a remarkable achievement in the field of organic sulfur chemistry. The purpose of this review article is to summarize and discuss the main developments in the application of DMSO as a methylthiolating reagent to introduce the -SMe functionality in organic synthesis.
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