. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 6.

Published in final edited form as: J Org Chem. 2009 Nov 6;74(21):8309–8313. doi: 10.1021/jo9015369

Table 2.

Reactions with Sulfur Electrophiles^a


reagent
entry	arene	base	product	yield
1		S tBuOLi		90%
2		S tBuOLi		74%
3		PhSSPh K₃PO₄		85%
4		PhSSPh tBuOLi		84%
5		PhSSPh tBuOLi		55%
6		PhSSPh tBuOK		81%
7		PhSSPh tBuOLi		82%

Substrate (1 equiv), base (1.5–3.0 equiv), sulfur (8 equiv) or PhSSPh (1.5–2.0 equiv). Yields are isolated yields. See the Supporting Information for details.