Compounds containing trifluoromethylthio group(SCF3) play an important role in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and materials due to its strong electron-withdrawing effect and extremely high lipophilicity. Very recently, trifluoromethylthiolation has received a great attention. In this review, the new progress of direct trifluoromethylthiolation is described. Furthermore, the synthetic challenge for trifluoromethylthiolation is also discussed.
Received January 14,2015;revised February 9,2015;published online February 12,2015.Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21421002,21332010,21272036)and the National Basic Research Program ofChina(No.2012CB21600).2012年,