Cyclopropanesulfonyl chloride (1) has been synthesized and its reactions examined to see if the three-membered ring leads to unusual reactions in either 1 or the corresponding sulfene, cyclopropanethione S, S-dioxide (2). pH-rate profiles, primary kinetic isotope effects (KIEs), and pH-product ratio experiments are in full agreement with mechanisms of hydrolysis of 1 like those of a simple alkanesulfonyl chlorides (J. Am. Chem. SOC. 1992, 114, 1743- ...
