Substrate scope for the oxidative transformation of aryl alcohols to thioethers^a.

Substrates	Products	Yield	Substrates	Products	Yield
		97%			79%*
		95%			95%
		93%			63%
		87%			88%
		22%			72%*
		32%			86%*
		5%*			80%*
		90%*			89%*
		93%*			87%*
		79%*			69%*

^aExperiments were performed on the 0.2 mmol scale unless otherwise noted. Optimized conditions: 0.2 mmol alcohols, 0.4 mmol diphenyldisulfane, 0.08 mmol CuSO₄, 0.04 mmol phen, 0.8 mmol K₂CO₃, 200 mg 4 Å, 2 mL DMSO, 0.5 MPa O₂, 140 °C, 12 h. *24 h. Yield was determined by GC.