New catalytic reactions using sulfur dioxide

Abstract

The sulfur dioxide surrogate DABSO is employed in a series of metal-catalyzed transformations to access useful sulfonyl-derived functional groups, such as sulfones, sulfonamides and sulfinate salts. Both palladium and copper catalyzed reactions are described. This work was presented at the 28th International Symposium on the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur, held in Tokyo in the summer of 2018.

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Keywords:

• Palladium catalysis
• copper catalysis
• sulfonamides
• sulfones
• sulfinates

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my current and former coworkers, whose names appear in the references, for their dedication and hard work in delivering the chemistry reported here. I am also very grateful to Professors Kei Goto and Hideki Yorimitsu for their organization of a wonderful ISOCS-28 meeting in Tokyo.