Synthesis of thiol esters promoted by copper oxide nanoparticle, in the presence of ionic liquid under microwave irradiation

In the present work, we have developed a new synthetic methodology for the synthesis of thiol esters, starting from acid chloride, diorganoyl disulfides and copper oxide nanoparticle as catalyst. In addition, we used ionic liquid as the solvent under microwave irradiation conditions. The work result in an environmentally friendly methodology for the synthesis of structurally diverse thiol esters, in which the use of bases or reducing agents were omitted.