Synthetic exploration of sulfinyl radicals using sulfinyl sulfones

Sulfinyl radicals are an underexplored synthon in organic chemistry due to the fact that they reversibly add to pi systems and undergo homodimerization. Here the authors synthesize sulfonyl sulfones, previously thought to be unstable, and demonstrate their broad use as sulfinyl radical precursors in...

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Main Authors: Zikun Wang, Zhansong Zhang, Wanjun Zhao, Paramasivam Sivaguru, Giuseppe Zanoni, Yingying Wang, Edward A. Anderson, Xihe Bi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25593-5