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Vinyl sulfones

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The palladium-catalyzed reaction of sulfinic acid salts with a wide variety of aryl and vinyl halides or triflates, which is strongly influenced by the presence of nBu4NCl, provides unsymmetrical diaryl sulfones and aryl vinyl sulfones in good yields. The use of Xantphos, a rigid bidentate ligand with a wide natural bite angle, was found to be crucial for the success of the reaction.
S. Cacchi, G. Fabrizi, A. Goggiamani, L. M. Parisi, R. Bernini, J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69, 5608-5614.


An easily accessible, anion-functionalized ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium (S)-2-amino-3-methylbutyric acid salt, [emim][Val], is an efficient additive for the CuI-catalyzed coupling reaction of sulfinic acid salts with aryl iodides, aryl bromides and vinyl bromides, leading to sulfones in good yields.
M. Bian, F. Xu, C. Ma, Synthesis, 2007, 2951-2956.


An efficient synthesis of vinyl sulfones with commercially available sulfinic acid sodium salts and dibromides gave various phenyl and methyl vinyl sulfones in good yields, in the absence of any catalyst.
Z.-H. Guan, W. Zuo, L.-B. Zhao, Z.-H. Ren, Y.-M. Liang, Synthesis, 2007, 1465-1470.


An efficient synthesis of vinyl sulfones with commercially available sulfinic acid sodium salts and dibromides gave various phenyl and methyl vinyl sulfones in good yields, in the absence of any catalyst.
Z.-H. Guan, W. Zuo, L.-B. Zhao, Z.-H. Ren, Y.-M. Liang, Synthesis, 2007, 1465-1470.


The cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate (CAN) mediated reaction of aryl sulfinates and sodium iodide with alkenes afforded vinyl sulfones in very good yields. Alkynes underwent a similar reaction to give β-iodovinyl sulfones, which on treatment with potassium carbonate afforded the corresponding acetylenic sulfones in high yields.
V. Nair, A. Augustine, T. D. Suja, Synthesis, 2002, 2259-2265.

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Hydroboration with catecholborane, followed by treatment with easily available reagents such as alkenyl sulfones or alkynyl phenyl sulfones in the presence of a radical initiator, represents an effective and simple one-pot procedure for direct vinylation, formylation, and cyanation.
A.-P. Schaffner, V. Darmency, P. Renaud, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 5847-5849.


Tetraphosphine cis,cis,cis-1,2,3,4-tetrakis[(diphenylphosphino)methyl]cyclopentane (Tedicyp) is an efficient ligand for the Heck reaction of sulfur-containing alkenes with aryl bromides. The rates and yields of the reactions strongly depend on the oxidation state of the sulfur atom.
A. Battace, T. Zair, H. Doucet, M. Santelli, Synthesis, 2006, 3495-3505.