PAPER	Synthesis 2002: 0479-0482 DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-20958
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
One-Pot Synthesis of Aryl Sulfones from Alcohols
Teiichi Murakami*, Kiyotaka Furusawa
Institute for Materials and Chemical Process, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), AIST Tsukuba Central 5, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan Fax: +81(298)614421; e-Mail: t-murakami@aist.go.jp;
Received 18 December 2001

Abstract

A one-pot synthesis of aryl sulfones from primary alcohols is described. Alcohols were treated with N-bromosuccinimide and triphenylphosphine, followed by addition of sodium arenesulfinate with a catalytic amount of tetrabutylammonium iodide to afford the aryl sulfones in good to high yields.

Key words

sulfones - alcohols - sulfinates - one-pot synthesis