Practical Access to Aromatic Thiocyanates by CuCN‐Mediated Direct Aerobic Oxidative Cyanation of Thiophenols and Diaryl Disulfides.

The practical and mild aerobic oxidative CuCN-mediated cyanation of thiophenols and diaryl disulfides was investigated. The reaction was performed in air at room temperature and reached aromatic thiocyanates in moderate to good yields starting from a broad range of diversely functionalized substrates.