Synthesis of sulfinates

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Alkyl arenesulfinates and S-thiosulfinates are readily prepared in good yields by the reaction of sulfinic acids and alcohols or thiols, respectively, in the presence of lanthanide(III) triflates as catalysts.
J. Drabowicz, M. Kwiatkowska, P. Kiełbasiński, Synthesis, 2008, 3563-3546.

Sulfinyl transfer agents based on cinchona alkaloids quinine and quinidine as chiral auxiliaries have been developed.
B. Z. Lu, F. Jin, Y. Zhang, X. Wu, S. A. Wald, C. H. Senanayake, Org. Lett., 2005, 7, 1465-1468.