An efficient domino process for the synthesis of thioflavanones has been described using a copper catalyst without addition of any external ligand. A variety of thioflavanones have been synthesized from easily accessible 2'-iodochalcones or 2'-bromochalcones in excellent yield through in situ incorporation of sulfur using xanthate as an odorless sulfur source. This domino process proceeds through Cu-catalyzed C(aryl)-S bond formation by the coupling reaction of xanthate with 2'-halochalcones followed by C-S bond cleavage of thioester then S-C bond formation by intramolecular Michael addition.

This review presents the metal-catalyzed C–S bond-formation reaction to access organosulfur compounds using various sulfur surrogates with an extended discussion on the reaction mechanism, regioselectivity of product and pharmaceutical application.

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This paper presents a stochastic model to simulate spatial distribution of slip on the rupture plane for large earthquakes (M w > 7). A total of 45 slip models coming from the past 33 large events are examined to develop the model. The model has been developed in two stages. In the first stage, effective rupture dimensions are derived from the data. Empirical relations to predict the rupture dimensions, mean and standard deviation of the slip, the size of asperities and their location from the hypocentre from the seismic moment are developed. In the second stage, the slip is modelled as a homogeneous random field. Important properties of the slip field such as correlation length have been estimated for the slip models. The developed model can be used to simulate ground motion for large events.