General synthesis method of diaryl- and diaryl thio-ethers via SNAr using microwave-assisted synthesis

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Panagiotis Ioannidis, panagiotis.ioannidis@biotage.se and Ronny Lundin, ronny.lundin@biotage.se. Biotage Sweden AB, Kungsgatan 76, Uppsala, SE-753 18, Sweden
A general method for the synthesis of diaryl- and diarylthio ethers is described. This method dramatically shortens the reaction times from days and weeks to only 0.5 or 1 hour for SNAr reactions, by heating the reaction mixtures with microwaves.