- Preparation of sodium sulfonates using by copper as catalyst
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The sodium alkyl sulfonates were prepared by Strecker reaction. The synthesis of sodium chloroethyl sulfonate from dichloroethane and sodium sulfite with different catalysts, it was found that copper was an efficient catalyst with a yield (81%). The reaction conditions were also optimized to make the route more competitive and suitable for large-scale industrial production. Besides, some more sulfonates were also obtained with copper as catalyst via Strecker reaction.
- Bai, Ruijiao,Zhang, Richeng,Qi, Haofei,Yan, Xilong,Chen, Ligong
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- The mechanism of hydrolysis of 2-hydroxyethanesulfonyl chloride: the intermediacy of 1,2-oxathietane 2,2-dioxide (β-sultone)
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The hydrolysis of 2-hydroxyethanesulfonyl chloride (1) has been investigated with the aid of kinetic and product analysis studies.The results are quantitatively consistent with the mechanism of hydrolysis shown in Scheme 1, the chief features of which are (a) formation of β-sultone (2) and its rapid further reaction (the major pathway), together with (b) a minor direct hydrolysis route.The kinetics of both the β-sultone formation and the direct hydrolysis shows two terms, one first order in 1 alone, and the other first order in hydroxide as well; the rates of the first- and second-order reactions are lowered by added sodium chloride.It is suggested (a) that the unimolecular β-sultone formation involves 1 in a complex with water (as in 9) and that the water acts as a general base in the cyclization to 2, and (b) the hydroxide-promoted reaction proceeds by cyclization of the conjugate base of 1 (i.e., 10).The unimolecular direct hydrolysis is regarded as a conventional hydrolysis of a sulfonyl chloride with attack of the water with general base assistence from a second water molecule.The hydroxide-promoted direct reaction in D2O leads to no uptake of deuterium, showing taht the reaction does not go by way of the sulfene, and a reaction by way of a six-membered cyclic transition state is tentatively proposed.Evidence is presented that the chloride ion rate suppression is not primarily due to reaction of β-sultone with Cl- to give back 1; the possible origins of the effect are discussed.Key words: sulfonyl chloride, 2-hydroxyethanesulfonyl chloride, β-sultone, kinetics of sulfonyl chloride hydrolysis, mechanism of sulfonyl chloride hydrolysis
- King, James Frederick,Khemani, Kishan Chand
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p. 2162 - 2172
(2007/10/02)
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- Organic sulfur mechanisms. 24. Preparation and reaction of 2-hydroxyethanesulfonyl chloride, the first hydroxyalkanesulfonyl chloride
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2-Hydroxyethanesulfonyl chloride (1a) is readily made by reaction of an aqeous solution of 2-mercaptoethanol (4a) with chlorine.This is the first clearly proved preparation of a compound which is both an alcohol and a sulfonyl chloride.Reactions of 1a with water and alcohols evidently proceed largely by intramolecular cyclization to the transient β-sultone (2a), which then undergoes nucleophilic ring opening to form the products.In the presence of tertiary amines a minor but significant part of the reaction is shown by deuterium labelling to proceed via hydroxymethylsulfene (14), the principal reaction of which is simply to add the alcohol or water; only a small part, if any, of the sulfene (14) loses the hydroxyl group to give the ethenesulfonate derivatives (13 or 22).Aqueous chlorination of 3-mercapto-1-propanol gave 3-chloro-1-propanesulfonyl chloride (5a) and 1,3-propane sultone (2b) with no sign of any 3-hydroxy-1-propanesulfonyl chloride (1b).A mechanism for the aqueous chlorination process invoking a cyclic chlorooxasulfoxonium ion (27) is discussed.
- King, James Frederick,Hillhouse, John Henry
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p. 1583 - 1593
(2007/10/02)
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