Nafion-H catalysed sulfonylation of aromatics with arene/alkenesulfonic acids for the preparation of sulfones1a

G A Olah; T Mathew; G K Prakash

doi:10.1039/b104603a

Nafion-H catalysed sulfonylation of aromatics with arene/alkenesulfonic acids for the preparation of sulfones1a

Chem Commun (Camb). 2001 Sep 7:(17):1696-7. doi: 10.1039/b104603a.

Authors

G A Olah¹, T Mathew, G K Prakash

Affiliation

¹ Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, USA.

PMID: 12240449
DOI: 10.1039/b104603a

Abstract

Synthesis of both symmetric and unsymmetric diaryl/aryl alkyl sulfones is easily achieved by Friedel-Crafts type sulfonylation of aromatics with suitable arene- or alkane-sulfonic acids in the presence of Nafion-H, a perfluorinated resinsulfonic acid catalyst.