The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Mercury-photosensitized sulfination, hydrosulfination, and carbonylation of hydrocarbons: alkane and alkene conversion to sulfonic acids, ketones, and aldehydes

RR Ferguson, RH Crabtree

Index: Ferguson, Richard R.; Crabtree, Robert H. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1991 , vol. 56, # 19 p. 5503 - 5510

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Abstract

Results SO2 Reactions: Saturated Substrates. The Initial Experiment. We find that SO2 is able to largely or completely suppress dimerization by trappix $ the radical intermediates in mercury-sensitized reactions of alkanes to give multigram quantities of SO2-derived products. For example, with 6 mL/min of SO2 (reflux, in situ apparatus of Figure la; see Experimental Section) the yield of bicyclohexyl from refluxing cyclohexane falls from 95% ...