Synthesis of 5, 6-dihydrophenanthridine (DHPA) sulfonamides and subsequent acid-catalyzed rearrangement to diaryl sulfones

LMN Meseroll, JR McKee, M Zanger

Index: Marie, Lisa; Meseroll, Neuls; McKee, James R.; Zanger, Murray Synthetic Communications, 2011 , vol. 41, # 17 p. 2557 - 2568

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Abstract

Abstract As part of an ongoing investigation into the rearrangement of cyclic aryl aminesulfonanilides to diarylsulfones, a series of novel 5, 6-dihydrophenanthridine (DHPA) sulfonamides were synthesized. Acid catalysts were used to rearrange them to DHPA arylsulfones.