Clean and green synthesis of isothioureas made possible via electrochemical three-component reaction

by KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.

Synthesis of isothioureas by the multicomponent reaction. Credit: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.

In agriculture and medicine, isothiourea compounds play an important role as an important synthetic intermediate. As well as being potent inhibitors of biological targets, isothioureas can be used as organocatalysts or ligands in transition metal catalysis.