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An expeditious and efficient bromomethylation of thiols: Enabling bromomethyl sulfides as useful building blocks
Silva-Cuevas, Carolina,Paleo, Ehecatl,León-Rayo, David F.,Lujan-Montelongo, J. Armando
, p. 24654 - 24659 (2018/07/25)
A facile and highly efficient method for the bromomethylation of thiols, using paraformaldehyde and HBr/AcOH, has been developed, which advantageously minimizes the generation of highly toxic byproducts. The preparation of 22 structurally diverse α-bromomethyl sulfides illustrates the chemo-tolerant applicability while bromo-lithium exchange and functionalization sequences, free radical reductions, and additions of the title compounds demonstrate their synthetic utility.