title: A facile method for the synthesis of thiocarbamates: palladium-catalyzed reaction of disulfide, amine, and carbon monoxide.
abstract: [reaction: see text] A new method for the synthesis of thiocarbamates has been developed. When dialkyl or diaryl disulfides were allowed to react with secondary amines and carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalytic amount of a palladium complex, the thiocarbamates were obtained in moderate to good yields. In contrast to that of secondary amines, in the reaction of a primary amine, no formation of thiocarbamate was confirmed, but urea was formed in good yield.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan. nishiya@ipcku.kansai-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawamatsu
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sonoda