Luisa Benati

TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that 1-phenyl-2-(phenylthio)vinyl radicals can exhibit homolytic intramolecular cyclization reactions, leading to benzothiophene products to a comparatively much greater extent than the 1-alkyl- 2-substituted analogues.

TL;DR: The radical chain reaction of benzenethiol with alkynylthiol esters provides a new, valuable protocol for the tin-free generation of acyl radicals that arise from intramolecular substitution at sulfur by the initial sulfanylvinyl radicals.

TL;DR: A rationalization of the overall experimental data cannot exclude the occurrence of competitive radical and nonradical pathways, but certain results are soundly consistent with the intermediacy of indium-bound nitrogen-centered radicals.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative analysis of the 1H NMR spectra of (E)- and (Z)-phenyl and alkyl sulfides and their corresponding sulfones provides a useful method for establishing their configuration.

TL;DR: Theoretical calculations suggest that rearrangement onto the sulfur atom of the [4 + 1] intermediate does not occur via a sulfuranyl radical but rather through either a transition state or a sulfur-centered (thioamidyl) radical; the latter is possibly the preferred route in the presence of an o-methylsulfanyl moiety that can act as a leaving group in the final ipso-cyclization process.