Thioester compounds, as an important generation intermediate, are widely present in
bioactive molecules. They are usually used to generate
bioactive molecules such as peptides and amino acids. They can also be used in
food chemistry and
materials science, and play a key role in the regulation and
metabolism of
cell functions closely related to life. In addition, thioesters can also be used as generation intermediates to generate compounds such as ketones, ethers, alcohols, and amides. Therefore, the generation of thioesters has received widespread attention from chemists. In 2019, we synthesized a new
reagent, monothiooxalate, and achieved the thiocarbonylation reaction of halides by
palladium catalysis (Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 9521). However, due to the relatively simple structure of halides, the types of
thioester compounds synthesized by halides are relatively scarce. In view of this problem, the present invention uses C-H bond functionalization to obtain a wide range of
sulfonium salt raw materials, and the
sulfonium salt
structure type is more novel and diverse. More
thioester compounds with different functional groups and more complex structures can be synthesized and prepared, and by this method, the thiocarbonylation reaction of
sulfonium salts of different
drug molecules can be achieved, and a method is provided for further modification of
drug molecules, so the present invention has certain innovation. The present invention provides a new method for preparing
thioester compounds by using
aryl sulfonium salts as raw materials. Through the reaction characteristics of
excited state palladium catalysis, the generation of thioester compounds is carried out under
room temperature illumination conditions. The method provided by the present invention can achieve high-efficiency catalytic conversion under
room temperature illumination conditions, mild
reaction conditions, simple operation, high atomic utilization efficiency, meet the requirements of green environmental friendly
chemistry, and the substrate range and functional group compatibility have universality and high chemical selectivity. And the method can be successfully applied to functional group modification of
drug molecules to optimize the generation strategy of some drug molecules, improve generation efficiency, reduce reaction costs, and in the form of C-H bond functionalization, the sulfonium salt raw materials obtained are widely available, with good industrial generation value prospects.