A para-selective thiocyanation and a para-oxidation reaction of amidophenols are shown to occur in the presence of Fe(III) reagents. A variety of thiocyanated products and amidoquinones can be selectively achieved in excellent yields (Gramscale for 2 h and 3 h). The nucleophilic pathway, oxidative dearomatization-nucleophilic substitution-rearomatization, is confirmed by control experiments. Furthermore, the bifunctionalized or trifluoromethylthiolated amidophenols and amino-/ thio-amidoquinones are also available through simple derivatization and tandem Michael addition/oxidation reactions, respectively.
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