Catalyst-free sulfonylation of activated alkenes for highly efficient synthesis of mono-substituted ethyl sulfones in water

Catalyst-free sulfonylation of activated alkenes for highly efficient synthesis of mono-substituted ethyl sulfones in water

Green Chem., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4GC00932K, Communication

Yu Yang,^a   Lin Tang,^a   Sheng Zhang,^a   Xuefeng Guo,^a  Zhenggen Zha^a and   Zhiyong Wang*^a   

 

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Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P. R. China
E-mail: zwang3@ustc.edu.cn;
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Green Chem., 2014, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C4GC00932K

A catalyst-free sulfonylation of activated alkenes developed under mild conditions in water.

 

 

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A catalyst-free sulfonylation reaction of activated alkenes with sulfonyl hydrazides was efficiently developed under mild and environmentally benign conditions, in water without any ligand or additive. The reaction gave a range of structurally diverse mono-substituted ethyl sulfones with excellent yields, in which the by-product was nitrogen.