Copper-assisted displacement reaction of nonactivated iodoarenes with arenesulfinates. Convenient alternative synthesis of unsymmetrical diaryl sulfones

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)01095-Y

In the presence of copper(I) iodide in hot N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), a variety of functionalized iodarenes undergo nucleophilic displacement reaction with sodium arenesulfinates to give the corresponding unsymmetrical diaryl sulfones in moderate to good yields.