Synthesis of 2-chloroethyl alkyl sulfones by the oxidative chlorination of 2-hydroxyethyl alkyl sulfides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00922417

1. The corresponding 2-chloroethyl alkyl(phenyl) sulfones were obtained in high yield by oxidizing the 2-hydroxyethyl alkyl(phenyl) sulfides with chlorine in water; the dehydrohalogenation of the former in the presence of bases yields the corresponding vi