An expeditious entry to benzylic and allylic sulfones through byproduct-catalyzed reaction of alcohols with sulfinyl chlorides

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 9501-9504

  Li, Hai Hua ^a   Dong, De Jun ^a   Jin, Yin Huan ^a   Tian, Shi Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYLIC ALCOHOL; BENZYLIC; CATALYZED REACTIONS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; NEW PROTOCOL;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYSIS;

ALLYL ALCOHOL; ALLYL SULFIDE; BENZILIC ACID; CHLORIDE; SULFONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 73149122781     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo901974h     Document Type: Article

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