title: Acid-induced chemoselective arylthiolations of electron-rich arenes in ionic liquids from sodium arylsulfinates: the reducibility of halide anions in [Hmim]Br.
abstract: An acid-induced protocol for the chemoselective arylthiolations of electron-rich arenes in ionic liquids from sodium arylsulfinates is introduced. The chemistry, in which [Hmim]Br (heaxylmethylimidazolium bromide) is used as both a solvent and a reducer, provides several advantages including odorless and simple operation, inexpensive reagents, recyclable solvents and gram-scale synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Engineering College, Nanjing University of Science &Technology, Xiaolingwei 200, Nanjing, 210094, China. glu@njust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhu-Bing
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Chemical Engineering College, Nanjing University of Science &Technology, Xiaolingwei 200, Nanjing, 210094, China. glu@njust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guo-Ping
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4476-964X
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Chemical Engineering College, Nanjing University of Science &Technology, Xiaolingwei 200, Nanjing, 210094, China. glu@njust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cai