The final version of our paper describing the directed, nickel-catalyzed syn-1,2-alkylsulfenylation of unactivated alkenes has been accepted for publication in Chemical Science and appears online this week. Building upon our earlier study on carbosulfenylation, this method accommodates C(sp³) nucleophiles for the first time, allowing for simultaneous C(sp³)–S and C(sp³)–C(sp³) bond formation . Congrats to graduate students Zi-Qi and Hui-Qi, as well as our undergraduate intern Wen-Ji.

For a link to the paper in Chemical Science, click here: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/sc/d2sc01563c

As a reminder, a pre-print of the paper was deposited in ChemRxiv in March: https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/6233b0c08ab3732b56687bad