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In this study, first direct access to aryl alkyl sulfides employing 2phenylpropanal as coupling partner is reported. Diaryl disulfides react with this aldehyde in the presence of morpholine and produce the corresponding sulfide products in high yields. In another part, disulfides are in situ generated in the reaction mixture from aryl halides/CuI/Cyanodithioformate and coupled with 2-phenylpropanal to access aryl alkyl sulfides.

Cyanodithioformate salt as an odorless and simply operational source of sulfur was reacted with aryl halides in the presence of copper iodide, affording diaryl disulfide, which reacted with styrenes/α‐methylstyrene in second step to form β‐Hydroxy sulfides with high regioselectivity in good to excellent yields.

A green and efficient one‐pot process to synthesize title compounds (IV), (VI), and (X) is developed.