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Abstract
The direct difunctionalization of alkenes, a cheap and abundant feedstock, is one of the most powerful and sustainable strategies for concomitant introduction of two functional groups into the π system in a single operation. In this context, vicinal azido-sulfenylation/-selenylation of alkenes has emerged as a powerful and straightforward synthetic strategy for the efficient construction of β-azido sulfides and selenides that have found application in different fields. The purpose of this review is to summarize the available literature on the synthesis of β-azido sulfides and β-azido selenides through the direct azido-sulfenylation and azido-selenylation of alkenes, respectively, focusing on the published literature from 1987 to the present.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Sulfur Chemistry is an international journal for the dissemination of scientific results in the rapidly expanding realm of sulfur chemistry. The journal publishes high quality reviews, full papers and communications in the following areas: organic and inorganic chemistry, industrial chemistry, materials and polymer chemistry, biological chemistry and interdisciplinary studies directly related to sulfur science.
Papers outlining theoretical, physical, mechanistic or synthetic studies pertaining to sulfur chemistry are welcome. Hence the target audience is made up of academic and industrial chemists with peripheral or focused interests in sulfur chemistry. Manuscripts that truly define the aims of the journal include, but are not limited to, those that offer: a) innovative use of sulfur reagents; b) new synthetic approaches to sulfur-containing biomolecules, materials or organic and organometallic compounds; c) theoretical and physical studies that facilitate the understanding of sulfur structure, bonding or reactivity; d) catalytic, selective, synthetically useful or noteworthy transformations of sulfur containing molecules; e) industrial applications of sulfur chemistry; f) unique sulfur atom or molecule involvement in interfacial phenomena; g) descriptions of solid phase or combinatorial methods involving sulfur containing substrates. Submissions pertaining to related atoms such as selenium and tellurium are also welcome. Articles offering routine heterocycle formation through established reactions of sulfur containing substrates are outside the scope of the journal.