The regioselective ring opening of styrene oxide using elemental iodine and bromine in the presence of disulfides as new catalysts was studied. The conductivity titration and UV spectroscopy were used to study the interaction of iodine with these catalysts. The results indicate that disulfide 11 is efficient in polyiodide formation, and can catalyze this reaction in excellent yield and high reg...

Among the methods used for synthesis of functionalized heterocyclic compounds, photochemistry has gained immense popularity due to reactivity intermediates in photoinduced reactions. In this study, we report on effect diaryl disulfides as hydrogen atom transfer catalysts transformations pyrazolo[1,2-a]pyrazolones. After excitation with visible light, these compounds are susceptible C–N bond cle...

A novel and efficient synthesis of 2-bromo(chloro)-3-selenyl(sulfenyl)indoles through tandem reactions of 2-(gem-dibromo(chloro)vinyl)-N-methylsulfonylanilines with diselenides and disulfides in the presence of t-BuOLi and I(2) (10 mol%) in DMSO was developed. The reactions generated the desired products in good yields with high regio-selectivity under transition-metal-free conditions in one-pot.