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Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Transformation of Sulfonates via S-O Bond Cleavage: Synthesis of Alkyl Aryl Ether and Diaryl Ether
Chen, Xuemeng,Xiao, Xue,Sun, Haotian,Li, Yue,Cao, Haolin,Zhang, Xuemei,Yang, Shengyong,Lian, Zhong
, p. 8879 - 8883 (2019)
The catalytic conversion of sulfonates, a versatile class of pharmaceutical intermediates, is usually based on C-O bond cleavage. In this paper, however, we discover a rare transformation of sulfonates via S-O bond cleavage catalyzed by transition metal, through which alkyl sulfonates could undergo an intramolecular desulfitative C-O coupling to form aryl alkyl ethers in the presence of a nickel catalyst. Meanwhile, aryl sulfonates perform similarly to give diaryl ethers catalyzed by a palladium complex. This transformation could tolerate a wide range of functionalities. Controlled experiments reveal that the 2-pyridyl group is necessary to promote the reaction as designed. Crossover experiments proved that this transformation might proceed partly in an intermolecular pathway.
