A general copper-catalyzed sulfonylation of arylboronic acids

Anirban Kar; Iliyas Ali Sayyed; Wei Fun Lo; Hanns Martin Kaiser; Matthias Beller; Man Kin Tse

doi:10.1021/ol071396n

A general copper-catalyzed sulfonylation of arylboronic acids

Org Lett. 2007 Aug 16;9(17):3405-8. doi: 10.1021/ol071396n. Epub 2007 Jul 27.

Authors

Anirban Kar¹, Iliyas Ali Sayyed, Wei Fun Lo, Hanns Martin Kaiser, Matthias Beller, Man Kin Tse

Affiliation

¹ Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, D-18059 Rostock, Germany.

PMID: 17655315
DOI: 10.1021/ol071396n

Abstract

A general copper-catalyzed method for the sulfonylation of arylboronic acids with sulfinate salts is described. A variety of alkyl-aryl, diaryl, and alkyl-heteroaryl sulfones were synthesized in good yield.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Boronic Acids / chemistry*
Catalysis
Copper / chemistry
Sulfinic Acids / chemistry

Substances

Boronic Acids
Sulfinic Acids
Copper