Synthesis 2013; 45(7): 966-970
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1316863
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Regioselective Synthesis of Phenoxathiin Derivatives under Transition-Metal-Free Conditions

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  • Fangdong Hu

    a   School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(531)88564464   Email: chenma@sdu.edu.cn
  • Xin Zhao

    a   School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(531)88564464   Email: chenma@sdu.edu.cn
    b   Department of Forensic Science and Technology, Shandong Police College, Jinan 250014, P. R. of China
  • Yanqiu Li

    a   School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(531)88564464   Email: chenma@sdu.edu.cn
  • Lei Feng*

    a   School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(531)88564464   Email: chenma@sdu.edu.cn
  • Chen Ma*

    a   School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(531)88564464   Email: chenma@sdu.edu.cn
    c   State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, P. R. of China
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Publication History

Received: 30 December 2012

Accepted after revision: 06 February 2013

Publication Date:
28 February 2013 (online)


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Abstract

A simple and efficient method was developed for the synthesis of phenoxathiin derivatives. A range of 1,2-dihaloarenes or 1-halo-2-nitroarenes reacted with 2-sulfanylphenol to give the desired products in good-to-excellent yields. It is intriguing that 1-halo-2-nitroarenes containing electron-donating groups worked well as substrates in this reaction.

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