title: The first palladium-catalyzed desulfitative Sonogashira-type cross-coupling of (hetero)aryl thioethers with terminal alkynes.
abstract: An unprecedented desulfitative Sonogashira-type cross-coupling protocol is exemplified by the synthesis of substituted 5-chloro-3-alkynylpyrazinones from the corresponding 5-chloro-3-(phenylsulfanyl) pyrazin-2(1H)-ones. The applicability of the method is extended to solid-phase linked pyrazin-2(1H)-ones as well as to some oxazinones, pyrazines, and phenyl thioesters.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Organic & Microwave-Assisted Chemistry (LOMAC), Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven (K. U. Leuven), Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Vaibhav Pravinchandra
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Anuj
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van der Eycken