Organic sulfides widely exist in natural resources such as petroleum and coal,which have abundant resource reserves.In the petroleum refining industry,the cleavage of C-S bonds is usually required for the desulfurization of petroleum fractions. Among them,the transition metal?catalyzed cleavage reactions of C-S bonds have attracted the attention of researchers owing to the advantages of high efficiency,mild conditions,and low pollution.This review summarizes the progress in transition metal?catalyzed C-S bond cleavage reactions of different types of organic sulfides,and provides insights into Pd,Cu,Ni and Fe catalytic systems and mechanisms.Moreover,the development of such reactions is proposed.