High yield thiolation of iodobenzene catalyzed by the phosphinite nickel PCP pincer complex: [NiCl{C6H3-2,6-(OPPh2)2}]

[NiCl{C6H3-2,6-(OPPh2)2}] efficiently catalyzes the thiolation of iodobenzene with a broad scope of disulfides in the presence of zinc, the coupled products are obtained in excellent and in many cases nearly quantitative yields.