AN EASY PREPARATION OF SIMPLE SULTINES AND HYDROXYALKANESULFINATE SALTS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)99119-6

In accord with mechanistic prediction a one-pot, two-stage, controlled chlorination-hydrolysis of HO(CH2)nSH gave the sultine when n=3 or 4, and the polymeric sulfinic ester when n=5 or 6; alkaline hydrolysis of either product yielded the corresponding sodium ω-hydroxy-1-alkanesulfinate.