Sulfuryl chloride, preparation

Reaction with Sulfur Electrophiles. Bisa2iridine compounds can be prepared from sulfur dichloride, thionyl chloride, or sulfuryl chloride... 

Oxidation. The synthesis of quinolinic acid and its subsequent decarboxylation to nicotinic acid [59-67-6] (7) has been accompHshed direcdy in 79% yield using a nitric—sulfuric acid mixture above 220°C (25). A wide variety of oxidants have been used in the preparation of quinoline N-oxide. This substrate has proved to be useful in the preparation of 2-chloroquinoline [612-62-4] and 4-chloroquinoline [611 -35-8] using sulfuryl chloride (26). The oxidized nitrogen is readily reduced with DMSO (27) (see Amine oxides). 

Ma.nufa.cture. The preparation of sulfuryl chloride is carried out by feeding dry sulfur dioxide and chlorine into a water-cooled glass-lined steel vessel containing a catalyst, eg, activated charcoal. Alternatively, chlorine is passed into Hquefted sulfur dioxide at ca 0°C in the presence of a dissolved catalyst, eg, camphor, a terpene hydrocarbon, an ether, or an ester. The sulfuryl chloride is purified by distillation the commercial product is typically 99 wt % pure, as measured by ASTM distillation method D850. 

Titanium(IV) sulfate can be prepared by the reaction of titanium tetrachloride with sulfur trioxide dissolved in sulfuryl chloride. 

Strong dehydrating agents such as phosphorous pentoxide or sulfur trioxide convert chlorosulfuric acid to its anhydride, pyrosulfuryl chloride [7791-27-7] S20 Cl2. Analogous trisulfuryl compounds have been identified in mixtures with sulfur trioxide (3,19). When boiled in the presence of mercury salts or other catalysts, chlorosulfuric acid decomposes quantitatively to sulfuryl chloride and sulfuric acid. The reverse reaction has been claimed as a preparative method (20), but it appears to proceed only under special conditions. Noncatalytic decomposition at temperatures at and above the boiling point also generates sulfuryl chloride, chlorine, sulfur dioxide, and other compounds. 

In the first of these, the key step in the synthetic sequence involves an oxidative phenol coupling reaction patterned after the biosynthesis of the natural product. Preparation of the moiety that is to become the aromatic ring starts by methyla-tion of phloroglucinol (5) with methanolic hydrogen chloride to give the dimethyl ether (6). Treatment of that intermediate with sulfuryl chloride introduces the chlorine atom needed in the final product (7). 

The Preparation of Chlorodeoxy Sugars by Reaction with Sulfuryl Chloride... 

Dichloromethyl methyl ether has been prepared by the chlorination of chlorodimethyl ether in the liquid5-4 or gas phase,5 by the reaction of chlorodimethyl ether with sulfuryl chloride and benzoyl peroxide,6 7 and by the treatment of methyl formate with phosphorus pentachloride.8-10... 

Aziridine-2-carboxylates 12 (Scheme 3.4) have also been prepared from 3-hy-droxy-a-amino esters 9 by treatment with sulfuryl chloride in place of tosyl or mesyl chloride. Treatment of 9 with thionyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine, followed by oxidation of 10 with sodium periodate and a catalytic amount of... 

Diphenyl diselenide has been prepared by disproportionation of phenyl selenocyanate in the presence of potassium hydroxide" or ammonia/ and by air oxidation of benzeneselenol. The preparation of benzeneselenol is described in an earlier volume in this series/ In the present procedure phenylselenomagnesium bromide formed from phenylmagnesium bromide and selenium is oxidized directly to diphenyl diselenide with bromine/ Thus the liberation of the malodorous and toxic hydrogen selenide and benzeneselenol is avoided. Benzeneselenenyl chloride has been prepared by thermal elimination of ethyl chloride from ethyl phenyl selenide di-chloride/ by thermal elimination of chlorine from phenylselenium trichloride," and by chlorinolysis of diphenyl diselenide with either sulfuryl chloride " or chlorine. " ... 

The most common preparative procedures involve use of the halogen, usually bromine, in acetic acid. Other suitable halogenating agents include IV-bromosuccinimide, tetrabromocyclohexadienone, and sulfuryl chloride. 

During the preparation of this explosive liquid by interaction of sulfuryl chloride fluoride and sodium azide, traces of chlorine must be eliminated from the former to avoid detonation. The product is nearly as shock-sensitive as glyceryl nitrate and may explode on rapid heating. Solutions (25 wt%) in solvents may be handled safely. The corresponding fluoride is believed to behave similarly. 

Similar compounds were prepared by the same method, from the reaction of sulfuryl chloride and dichlorides of 1,2-alkadienephosphonic acids. It is noteworthy to emphasize that, in this case, 2,5-dihydro-l,2-oxaphosphole-2-oxide derivatives were isolated, even when 3-monosubstituted allenephosphonate were used as substrates (Scheme 32) [39, 85],... 

Even though sulfuryl chloride and sulfuryl fluoride can be considered as the disubstituted acid halides of sulfuric acid, the monosubstituted derivatives are also useful compounds that undergo many reactions a result of the reactive -OH group. The monosubstituted compounds can be prepared by the following reactions ... 

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