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Recent Advances in Organic Reactions Involving Elemental Sulfur
Author(s) -
Nguyen Thanh Binh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/adsc.201601329
Subject(s) - sulfur , vulcanization , sulfuric acid , elemental analysis , chemistry , redox , organic chemistry , organic molecules , molecule , natural rubber
Elemental sulfur has been known since Antiquity and found widespread applications in the preparation of black gunpowder, the synthesis of sulfuric acid as well as other sulfur‐containing compounds, and the vulcanization of rubber. Over the last several years, we have come to better understand its properties and discover more applications of elemental sulfur in synthetic organic chemistry. This review summarizes the advances from 2000 in the construction of organic molecules using elemental sulfur via sulfuration, oxidation, reduction and redox condensation processes.