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Alisa S. Sunagatullina, Andreas Hess, Alexander Kremsmair, Yifan Li, Yi-Hung Chen, Paul Knochel
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Kevin Kafuta, Christian J. Rugen, Tobias Heilmann, Tianshu Liu, Christopher Golz, Manuel Alcarazo
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Zhen Li, Gonela Vijaykumar, Xiangdong Li, Christopher Golz, Manuel Alcarazo
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Quynh H. Nguyen, Tae-Woong Um, Seunghoon Shin
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Meng-Yu Gao, Corinne Gosmini
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Mayurakhi Bhuyan, Suraj Sharma, Nibedita Baruah Dutta, Gakul Baishya
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Xiangdong Li, Christopher Golz, Manuel Alcarazo
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Summary: The one-pot synthesis of 5-(diarylimino) and 5-(sulfoximido)dibenzothiophenium triflates from diarylimines or sulfoximines is reported, with the structures confirmed by X-ray crystallography. These compounds can selectively transfer iminoyl and sulfoximidoyl groups to organic substrates, allowing for efficient uncatalyzed imination of thiols and sulfinates, as well as radical amination and sulfoximidation under visible light photoredox catalysis.
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