Synlett 2001; 2001(4): 0550-0552
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-12316
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Aryltrifluoromethylsulfoxides: Sulfinylation or Aromatics by Triflinate Salts in Acid Medium

Claude Wakselman* , Marc Tordeux, Céline Freslon, Laurent Saint-Jalmes
  • *SIRCOB-CNRS, Bâtiment Lavoisier, Université de Versailles, 45 avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles, France; Fax 33 1 39 25 44 52; E-mail: wakselma@chimie.uvsq.fr; tordeux@chimie.uvsq.fr; laurent.saint-jalmes@eu.rhodia.com
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Publication Date:
31 December 2001 (online)

Direct sulfinylation reaction of simple aromatic compounds by triflinate salts in triflic acid led to aryltrifluoromethyl sulfoxides. The para isomer was the major one. The regioselectivity of the reaction was very high when the substituent on the aromatic ring was a halogen atom, a trifluoromethoxy group or an acetanilide function.