Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon

Polystyrene and Silica Gel–Supported, AlCl3-Catalyzed Preparation of Diaryl Sulfoxides from Arenes and Thionyl Chloride

KP Boroujeni

Index: Boroujeni, Kaveh Parvanak Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements, 2010 , vol. 185, # 10 p. 2085 - 2091

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Abstract

A simple, chemoselective, and efficient method has been developed for direct conversion of arenes to symmetrical diaryl sulfoxides using thionyl chloride in the presence of a catalytic amount of cross-linked polystyrene-supported aluminium chloride (Ps-AlCl3) and silica gel–