A Novel Synthesis of Alkyl Aryl Sulfones via the Telluride Ion-Assisted Coupling of Arenesulfonyl Chlorides with Alkyl Halides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1988.727

Arenesulfonyl chlorides undergo a facile one-pot coupling reaction with primary alkyl iodides and benzyl halides through the telluride ion-induced polarity reversal, giving the corresponding alkyl aryl sulfones in acceptable yields.