. ALPHA.-Fluorination of Methyl Phenyl Sulfoxide and Related Compounds by Molecular Fluorine: A Novel Method for the Introduction of Fluorine into Sulfoxides …

A TOYOTA, Y ONO, J CHIBA, T SUGIHARA…

Index: Toyota, Akemi; Ono, Yoshinori; Chiba, Jun; Sugihara, Takumichi; Kaneko, Chikara Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 1996 , vol. 44, # 4 p. 703 - 708

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 26

Abstract

Direct formation of α-fluorosulfones from sulfoxides bearing α-H atoms merely by reaction with molecular fluorine (5% F 2/N 2) is reported, and a novel non-Pummerer-type mechanism is proposed for this α-fluorination reaction.