Carbon–sulfur bond formation via photochemical strategies: An efficient method for the synthesis of sulfur-containing compounds

• Published in: Chinese chemical letters Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 1798 - 1816
• Main Authors: Yang, Daoshan, Yan, Qiuli, Zhu, Enjie, Lv, Jian, He, Wei-Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2022; Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science,MOE,State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering,College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering,Qingdao University of Science and Technology,Qingdao 266042,China%School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,University of South China,Hengyang 421001,China
• Subjects: C-S bond formation; Cyclization; Radical; Sulfur-containing compouds; Visible light; Visible light; Sulfur-containing compouds; Cyclization; Radical; C-S bond formation
• ISSN: 1001-8417; 1878-5964
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.09.068

The development of green and convenient methods for C–S bond formation has received significant attention because C–S bond widely occurs in many important pharmaceutical and biological compounds. Recently, visible-light photoredox catalysis has been established as an efficient and general tool for the construction of C–C and C-heteroatom bonds. In this review, we have focused on the research on recent advances in C–S bond formation via visible-light photoredox catalysis, and the growing opportunities they present to the construction of complex chemical scaffolds for applications encompassing bioactive molecules synthesis, synthetic methodology development, and sulfur-containing drugs. We hope that this review will provide chemists with a synthetic tool that will open the door to further development of organsulfur chemistry [Display omitted] In this review, we highlight the recent advances of C–S bond formation via visible-light photoredox catalysis, and analyze the reaction mechanism of various transformations in detail. We hope that this review will provide chemists with a synthetic tool and open new avenues for further development of organsulfur chemistry.