Accelerated reduction and solubilization of elemental sulfur by 1,2-aminothiols.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.

Published: November 2021

Nucleophilic 1,2-aminothiol compounds readily reduce typically-insoluble elemental sulfur to polysulfides in both water and nonpolar organic solvents. The resulting anionic polysulfide species are stabilized through hydrogen-bonding interactions with the proximal amine moieties. These interactions can facilitate sulfur transfer to alkenes.

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