Sulfur dioxide reaction with olefins

Although aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons react with most sul-fonating agents, the reactions are not suitable for the preparation of the pure sulfonic acids. " Certain olefins react with sulfur dioxide-dloxane complex to give olefinic sulfonic acids In this way, cyclohexene is converted to l-cyclohexene-3-sulfonic acid, whereas with concentrated sulfuric acid in a mixture of acetic acid and acetic anhydride the main product is 2-hydroxycyclohexanesuIfonic acld. 1-Propene-l-sulfonic acid is obtained in low yield by the action of oleum on n- or isopxopyl alcohol. ... 

The reaction of sulfur dioxide with olefins under free-radical-cataly2ed conditions produces copolymers which, ia most cases, are of an alternating 1 1 type (249,250) ... 

The free-radical reaction may be equally initiated by photoactivated sulfur dioxide ( S02) (equation 79). On the other hand, polysulfones are obtained by radical copolymerization of appropriate olefins with sulfur dioxide " , and similarly, uptake of sulfur dioxide by a radical-pair formed by nitrogen extrusion from an azo compound yields the corresponding sulfone (equation 80). Correspondingly, alkylbenzenes, dibenzoyl peroxide, and sulfur dioxide yield sulfones under thermal conditions ... 

Some work [5] has been performed on the photochemical reaction between sulfur dioxide and hydrocarbons, both paraffins and olefins. In all cases, mists were found, and these mists settled out in the reaction vessels as oils with the characteristics of sulfuric acids. Because of the small amounts of materials formed, great problems arise in elucidating particular steps. When NO and 02 are added to this system, the situation is most complex. Bulfalini [3] sums up the status in this way The aerosol formed from mixtures of the lower hydrocarbons with NO and S02 is predominantly sulfuric acid, whereas the higher olefin hydrocarbons appear to produce carbonaceous aerosols also, possibly organic acids, sulfonic or sulfuric acids, nitrate-esters, etc. ... 

The ozonolysis reaction, followed by reductive workup with sulfur dioxide, as described in Part A of the present procedure, illustrates a general method which has been developed for the preparation of acetals. Application of the procedure is illustrated by conversion of the following olefins in alcoholic solution to the corresponding acetals (1) l-chloro-4-(o-nitrophenyl)-2-butene to o-nitrophenylacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal in 84% yield (2) l,4-dibromo-2-butene tobromoacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal in 67% yield (3) 3-butenoic acid to malonaldehydic acid diethyl acetal ethyl ester in 61% yield (4) cyclopentadiene to malonaldehyde bis(diethyl acetal) in 48% yield and (5)... 

Frederick Frey and Walter Shultze were instrumental early researchers. Frey was among the first to dehydrogenate paraffins catalytically to olefins and then the olefins to diolefins that serve as feedstocks to the production of many of today s polymers. In competition with Bakelite, he discovered the preparation of polysulfone polymers made from the reaction of sulfur dioxide and olefins creating a hard Bakelite-like material. Frey and Schultz also developed a process that allowed the production of 1,3-butadiene from butane that allowed the synthesis of SR. 

Organogold(I) complexes undergo a number of insertion reactions with unsaturated molecules, such as olefins, acetylenes, and sulfur dioxide. Insertion of carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide has not been achieved, although the reverse reaction has been observed with C02 (7/). 

Detergents, which now rival soap in demand, are based largely on petroleum the variety of structures which confer detergent properties have led to some interesting syntheses. Alkyl aryl sulfonates are made by alkylation of benzene either with chlorinated kerosene or with a highly-branched olefin made from propylene. Long chain olefins for secondary sulfates were made from paraffin wax. Secondary alkyl sulfonates were made by direct sulfonation of paraffins with sulfur dioxide and chlorine, a reaction discovered in America in the 193O s. 

Sulfur dioxide does not homopolymerize, but on reaction with olefins it yields copolymers.Terminal olefins react more readily than those with an internal double bond. The presence of various substituents affects the rate of polymerization. Conjugated dienes copolymerize with sulfur dioxide to give linear polymers containing residual double bonds. 

TABLE VII Reaction of Olefins with Sulfur Dioxide... 

Examples of stable complexes are reactions of sulfur dioxide with styrene, or vinyl ethers with maleic anhydride,also a-olefins with maleic anhydride.Also, a reaction of /ran -stilbene with maleic anhydride. In these reactions chaige-transfer complexes form. They are stable and their existence can be detected by spectroscopic means. Additional energy, such as heat or a free-radical attack, converts them to diradicals and polymerizes them into alternating copolymers.i 1 1 ... 

Numerous studies have been devoted to the addition of RSO2X to olefins. The propagation steps for these chain processes are shown in Scheme 13. The main factors controlling the reactivity of sulfonyl radicals are polar effects and the reversibility of the addition. Sulfonyl radicals exhibit an electrophilic character with respect to addition to olefins [98]. Evidence for the reversibility came early from the observation of the isomerization of cis- and rran -2-butenes during their copolymerization with sulfur dioxide and their Cu(I)-mediated reaction with benzenesulfonyl chloride [99]. Therefore, the chain transfer of alky] adduct radica]s has to compete effectively with -elimination of sulfonyl radicals (see Scheme 13). Selenosulfonates, sulfonyl halides, and sulfonyl cyanides are the most popular substrates that meet this property. 

The extremely high sensitivity of polysulfones to radiation-induced main-chain scission has found application in the field of microelectronics 829337 769786 705682. The reaction of sulfur dioxide with an olefin or double-bond-containing species leads to a poly(olefin sulfone),... 

Masilamani D, Rogic MM. Organic reactions of sulfur dioxide. 4. Facile regiospecific hydrogen-deuterium exchange in olefins-consequence of intermediacy of allylic sulfinic acids in ene reaction of sulfur-dioxide with double bonds. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1978 100(14) 4634- 635. 

As formal a, /i-unsaturated sulfones and sulfoxides, respectively, both thiirene dioxides (19) and thiirene oxides (18) should be capable, in principle, of undergoing cycloaddition reactions with either electron-rich olefins or serving as electrophilic dipolarophiles in 2 + 3 cycloadditions. The ultimate products in such cycloadditions are expected to be a consequence of rearrangements of the initially formed cycloadducts, and/or loss of sulfur dioxide (or sulfur monoxide) following the cycloaddition step, depending on the particular reaction conditions. The relative ease of the cycloaddition should provide some indication concerning the extent of the aromaticity in these systems2. 

One of the most important reactions of sulfones in general is the R amberg Backlund rearrangement, which involves the conversion of a-halosulfones to olefins with accompanying loss of hydrogen halide and sulfur dioxide under basic conditions (equation 48)151. 

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