Abstract
The oxidation potential of thioethers constrained to be near aromatic rings is lowered, due to an antibonding interaction between the p-type sulfur lone pair with the neighboring phenyl π-system which on removal of an electron becomes a new kind of 3-electron Sπ bonding that reveals itself in the photoelectron spectrum and by an electronic transition involving the orbitals participating in the Sπ bond.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4932-4935 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 4 2013 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry