Sulfones by oxidation

Another general process involves the reaction of Pd(0) species with halides or sulfonates by oxidative addition, generating reactive intermediates having the organic group attached to Pd(II) by a ct bond. The oxidative addition reaction is very useful for aryl and alkenyl halides, but the products from saturated alkyl halides often decompose by (3-elimination. The a-bonded species formed by oxidative addition can react with alkenes and other unsaturated compounds to form new carbon-carbon bonds. The... 

Sulfoxides and sulfones can be prepared on cross-linked polystyrene by oxidation of thioethers. The most commonly used reagent for this purpose is MCPBA in DCM [8,12,32,57,80-82] or dioxane [50,83] (Table 8.6), but other oxidants such as H2O2 in acetic acid [34], oxone (Entry 7, Table 8.6), or oxaziridines [84] have also been used. PEG-bound thioethers have been converted into sulfones by oxidation with MCPBA in DCM [52,54] or with Os04/NMO [85], The oxidation of thioethers to sulfoxides requires careful control of the reaction conditions to prevent the formation of sulfones. Sulfones have also been prepared by S-alkylation of polystyrene-bound sulfi-nates (Entries 8 and 9, Table 8.6), by a-alkylation of sulfones (BuLi, THF, alkyl halide [86]), and by addition of sulfinyl radicals to resin-bound alkenes or alkynes (Entry 11, Table 8.6). 

Suter152a and Barnard and his co-workers614 have both reviewed the preparation of sulfones by oxidation of sulfides. 

Hypervalent iodine reagents. This compound is obtained from t-butyl 2-iodophenyl sulfone by oxidation with H2O2-AC2O. It can be transformed into reagents such as 1 and 2. 

Note Examples have been given already for the formation of sulfones by primary synthesis (Chapter 8), of the sulfones by arenesulfinolysis of halogenophthalazines (Section 10.3.4), and of both sulfoxides and sulfones by oxidation of alkylthiophthalazines (Section 12.1). A minor route is exemplified here. 

Nucleophilic reactivity of exocyclic sulfur appears in acidic medium. 2-AryI thiazolyl sulfones are obtained from the corresponding sulfides by oxidation with HjO- in HOAc at 100°C (272). The same oxidation takes place with alkyl sulfides (203. 214, 273-275) and dithiazolylsulfides (129). However, the same reaction with 2-benzylthio derivatives gives benzylal-cohol and the related A-4-thiazoline-2-thione (169). 

More commonly. 2-sulfonic acids (139) are prepared by oxidation of the corresponding A-4-thiazoline-2-thione (Scheme 72). Oxidation can be... 

Sulfones and sulfoxides (145) are obtained usually from the corresponding sulfide by oxidation (Scheme 75) (341). though some of them were prepared from a halothiazole and metal sulfinate (342). 2-Amino-5-acetamidophenylsulfonylthiazole has been prepared by direct heterocycli-zation (343. 344). 

Of these the most important are the sulfonic acids In general however sulfonic acids are not prepared by oxidation of thiols Arenesulfomc acids (ArS03H) for example are prepared by sulfonation of arenes (Section 12 4)... 

Certain dyes when appHed by the afterchrome method are oxidized prior to metal complex formation. Examples iaclude. Chromotrope EB [3567-69-9] (52) (Cl Acid Red 14 Cl 14720) (naphthionic acid — l-naphthol-4-sulfonic acid) ia which a hydroxyl group is iatroduced by oxidation at the... 

Cl Acid Violet 43 [4430-18-6] (2) (Cl 60730) is one of the first acid dyes, invented in 1894. This dye exhibits good leveling and is available from leiicoquinizarin by reaction with -toluidine in the presence of boric acid, followed by oxidation and subsequent sulfonation (133). 

The alkylthio group is replaceable by nucleophiles. The positions 7 and 4 react under mild conditions in that order the 2-alkylthio functions require more drastic treatment. Conversion of l-methyl-4-methylthiopteridin-2-one (157) into the 4-methylamino derivative (158) can be achieved by stirring with methylamine at room temperature (equation 48). The reactivity of an alkylthio group can often be further enhanced by oxidation to the corresponding sulfoxide and sulfone. Thus, reaction of l,3-dimethyl-7-methylthiolumazine (160) with m-chloroperbenzoic acid yields 7-methylsulfinyl- (161) and 7-methylsulfonyl-l,3-dimethyllumazine (162 equation 49) (82UP21601). 4-Amino-2-methylthio-7-... 

Diazoalkanes add to the carbon-carbon double bonds of 2,3-diphenylthiirene 1-oxide and 1,1-dioxide. The adducts lose SO or SO2 to give pyrazoles and related compounds (Scheme 103) (80CB1632). Mesoionic oxazolones (75CLH53), 4-methyl-5-phenyl-l,2-dithiolene-3-thione (80JOU395) and pyrylium betaines (72JOC3838) react similarly via intermediate adducts (Scheme 104). Enamines (Scheme 96) and ynamines add to the double bond of 2,3-diarylthiirene 1,1-dioxides to give acyclic and cyclic sulfones by a thermal. 

Thymoquinone has been prepared directly from thymol by sulfonating and oxidizing the sulfonation mixture with manganese dioxide or potassium dichromate the same process has been successfully applied to carvacrol. The oxidation of sa ts of aminothymol with dichromate, ferric chloride, or nascent bromine also leads to satisfactory yields of thymoquinone. The above procedure is based on the observation that the diazonium salt obtained from aminothymol is almost quantitatively con-... 

The reaction mechanism has not been elucidated. It is possible that formaldehyde reacts by oxidation as in the Marquis reaction (see formaldehyde — sulfuric acid reagent), whereby colored salts are formed with naphthoquinone sulfonic acid. 

The 2,2 -bis(phenylthiomethyl) dispiroketal (dispoke) derivative is cleaved by oxidation to the sulfone, followed by treatment with LiN(TMS)2. The related bromo and iodo derivatives are cleaved reductively with LDBB (lithium 4,4 -di- -butylbiphenylide) or by elimination with the P4- -butylphosphazene base and acid hydrolysis of the enol ether. The 2,2-diphenyl dispiroketal is cleaved with FeCl3 (CH2CI2, rt, overnight)." The dimethyl dispiroketal is cleaved with TFA, and the allyl derivative is cleaved by ozonolysis followed by elimination. ... 

The a -halosulfone, required for the Ramberg-Backlund reaction, can for example be prepared from a sulfide by reaction with thionyl chloride (or with N-chlorosuccinimide) to give an a-chlorosulfide, followed by oxidation to the sulfone—e.g. using m-chloroperbenzoic acid. As base for the Ramberg-Backlund reaction have been used alkoxides—e.g. potassium t-butoxide in an etheral solvent, as well as aqueous alkali hydroxide. In the latter case the use of a phase-transfer catalyst may be of advantage. ... 

Condensation of p-chlorobenzaldehyde with 3-mercaptopropionic acid in the presence of ammonium carbonate leads to the thiazi-none, 179. The reaction very probably proceeds by the intermediacy of the carbonyl addition product, I7S lactamization completes formation of the observed product. Oxidation of 179 to the sulfone by means of potassium permanganate in acetic acid gives chlormezanone (180), a minor tranquilizer with muscle-relaxant properties. 

Sulfinic esters, aromatic, by oxidation of disulfides in alcohols, 46, 64 Sulfonation ot d,l camphor to d,l-10-camphorsulfomc acid, 45,12 Sulfoxides, table of examples of preparation from sulfides with sodium metapenodate, 46,79 Sulfur dioxide, reaction with styrene phosphorus pentachlonde to give styrylphosphomc diclilonde, 46,... 

Thiete sulfones may be74b converted to the corresponding saturated thietanes and followed by oxidation of the latter to the desired sulfoxides185 (equation 82). By chromatography, the mixture (207) can be separated to the cis and trans isomers. 

Bordwell and Boutan (BB)81 carried out extensive work on the methylsulfmyl group in 1957. It must be emphasized that they found that the preparation of pure arylmethyl sulfoxides from arylmethyl sulfides by oxidation was not a trivial matter. The frequently recommended reagent, hydrogen peroxide in acetic acid, tended to give sulfoxides contaminated with appreciable quantities of sulfones, which could not be removed by fractional crystallization. Oxidation by nitric acid was found to be more satisfactory. 

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