Guntreddi Tirumaleswararao, Vanjari Rajeshwer, Singh Krishna Nand
Department of Chemistry (Centre of Advanced Study), Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University , Varanasi 221005, India.
Org Lett. 2014 Jul 18;16(14):3624-7. doi: 10.1021/ol501482g. Epub 2014 Jun 30.
A new decarboxylative strategy has been developed for the synthesis of thioamides via a three-component reaction involving arylacetic or cinnamic acids, amines and elemental sulfur powder, without the need of a transition metal and an external oxidant.
