A decade updates (2011–2020): Reduction of sulfoxides to sulfides

H Lin, L Wu, M Kazemi - Synthetic Communications, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Sulfides (compounds containing C–S–C bond) are an important class of organic compounds
and are of great importance due to their many biological properties and their valuable …

An efficient metal-free pathway to vinyl thioesters with calcium carbide as the acetylene source

KS Rodygin, VP Ananikov - Green Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical reactions involving high-pressure acetylene are not easily performed in a
standard laboratory setup. The risk of explosion and technical difficulties drastically …

Rhenium-catalysed reactions in chemical synthesis: selected case studies

A Olding, M Tang, CC Ho, RO Fuller… - Dalton …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This Perspective presents and discusses a selection of examples that reinforce the enabling
and distinctive reactivity provided by homogeneous rhenium catalysis in chemical synthesis …

Oxidation of sulfur compounds by oxo-Re (V) complexes containing salophen ligands through radical pathway

H Il, I Gumus - Polyhedron, 2023 - Elsevier
Oxidation, which converts sulfides into sulfoxides, is a widely used method for producing
synthetic intermediates in various industries such as chemical, medicinal chemistry, and …

HReO4 as highly efficient and selective catalyst for the conversion of carbohydrates into value added chemicals

JR Bernardo, MC Oliveira, AC Fernandes - Molecular Catalysis, 2019 - Elsevier
This work describes the first catalyst (HReO 4) that promotes the efficient and selective
conversion of several carbohydrates into four compounds, ethyl levulinate (EL), 5 …

Nickel phosphide nanoalloy catalyst for the selective deoxygenation of sulfoxides to sulfides under ambient H 2 pressure

S Fujita, S Yamaguchi, S Yamazoe… - Organic & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Exploring novel catalysis by less common, metal–non-metal nanoalloys is of great interest in
organic synthesis. We herein report a titanium-dioxide-supported nickel phosphide …

A Manganese N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyst for Reduction of Sulfoxides with Silanes

SCA Sousa, CJ Carrasco, MF Pinto, B Royo - ChemCatChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The first reduction of sulfoxides catalysed by a well‐defined manganese complex is
described. A variety of sulfoxides are reduced to the corresponding sulfides in high yields …

Transition-metal-free and oxidant-free cross-coupling of arylhydrazines with disulfides: Base-promoted synthesis of unsymmetrical aryl sulfides

T Taniguchi, T Naka, M Imoto, M Takeda… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A novel synthesis of unsymmetrical aryl sulfides, which requires no transition metal catalyst
and no oxidant, was developed. This base-promoted cross-coupling reaction proceeded …

Depolymerization of P4HB and PBS waste and synthesis of the anticancer drug busulfan from plastic waste

DL Lourenço, AC Fernandes - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sustainable synthesis of pharmaceuticals is one of the main challenges for the
pharmaceutical industry. Production of these compounds from plastic waste can provide an …

Deoxygenation of carbonyl compounds using an alcohol as an efficient reducing agent catalyzed by oxo-rhenium complexes

JR Bernardo, AC Fernandes - Green Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This work describes the first methodology for the deoxygenation of carbonyl compounds
using an alcohol as a green solvent/reducing agent catalyzed by oxo-rhenium complexes …