%0 Journal Article %T Regioselective (Hetero)aryl C¨CH Thianthrenation and Late-Stage Transformations %J - %D 2019 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2019.04.011 %X In their recent report in Nature, Ritter and co-workers took advantage of a persistent sulfur-based radical cation to regioselectively install a thianthrene motif in simple or complex (hetero)arenes, and the resulting thianthrenium salts could undergo divergent late-stage transformations, offering chemists a powerful platform for introducing versatile functional groups and substituents in (hetero)arene rings %U https://www.cell.com/chem/fulltext/S2451-9294(19)30169-X