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Reductive desulfonylation of phenyl sulfones by samarium (II) iodide-hexamethylphosphoric triamide

H Künzer, M Stahnke, G Sauer, R Wiechert

Index: Kuenzer, H.; Stahnke, M.; Sauer, G.; Wiechert, R. Tetrahedron Letters, 1991 ,  vol. 32,  # 17  p. 1949 - 1952

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Abstract

Abstract Samarium (II) iodide in tetrahydrofuran reductively desulfonylates phenyl sulfones in the presence of hexamethylphosphoric triamide. This transformation is illustrated here for ten substrates, which include secondary alicyclic, β-hydroxy, vicinal bis-, and α, β- unsaturated sulfones.