Cu-ZSM5 as reusable catalyst for the one-pot, odorless and ligand-free C-S bond formation

Cu-I-ZSM5 and Cu-II-ZSM5 as reusable and heterogeneous nanocatalysts were synthesized and characterized using various techniques. The catalysts have been applied for the practical synthesis of various phenyl aryl/benzyl sulfides via one-pot and odorless processes from the reaction of triphenyltin chloride or phenylboronic acid as phenyl source with different aryl/benzyl halides in the presence of S-8 as sulfur source and KF or KOH as S-8 activator in DMF at 80 degrees C. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.