title: A survey of sulfide ligands for allylic C-H oxidations of terminal olefins.
abstract: Perfect to a THT! Screening a diverse library of thioether ligands led to the discovery of tetrahydrothiophene (THT) as a highly reactive and selective ligand for Pd-catalyzed allylic CH oxidation reactions. This novel ligand system provides some of the highest reported yields for the formation of (E)-linear allylic acetates through allylic CH activation chemistry (BQ = 1,4-benzoquinone).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Evans Laboratory, 100 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Chi Chip
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Kamala
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kunchithapatham
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Christopher T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Check
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Stambuli
keywords: allylic compounds; ligand effects; oxidation; sulfur heterocycles