Chemistry Letters, Vol.40, No.9, 980-982, 2011
Palladium-catalyzed Carbon-Sulfur Cross-coupling Reactions of Aryl Chlorides with Indium Tris(organothiolates)
Pd-Catalyzed carbon-sulfur cross-coupling reactions of aryl chlorides with indium tris(organothiolates) were developed. Aryl chlorides reacted with indium tris(organothiolates) (0.35 equiv) in the presence of 4 mol % of Pd(OAc)(2), 4.2 mol % of Xantphos, and Cs2CO3 as an additive, producing aryl-aryl and aryl-alkyl sulfides in good to excellent yields.