AN EFFICIENT SYNTHETIC ROUTE TO ARYL THIOCYANATES FROM ARENESULFINATES

Abstract An efficient procedure for the conversion of the inexpensive and readily available arenesulfinate (sodium) salts in three steps into the corresponding aryl thiocyanates is described. Overall yields are high, and the presence of both electronwith drawing and electron-donating substituents is well tolerated. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We are grateful for the award of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Undergraduate Summer Research Assistant award (to IDGW).