Journal of Chemical Research

An efficient and convenient method for the synthesis of aromatic sulfones catalysed by ZrO2/S2O82-solid superacid

T Jin, M Yang, G Feng, T Li

Index: Jin, Tongshou; Yang, Mina; Feng, Guoliang; Li, Tongshuang Journal of Chemical Research - Part S, 2003 , # 11 p. 721 - 723

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Abstract

A manipulatively simple and rapid procedure for the synthesis of diaryl sulfones from arylsulfonyl chlorides with aromatic compounds is described; the reaction is conducted under Friedel-Crafts conditions in the absence of solvent using ZrO2/S2O82-as catalyst in 78-93% yields.