Visible-light induced oxidant-free oxidative cross-coupling for constructing allylic sulfones from olefins and sulfinic acids

• DOI: 10.1039/c6cc04109d
• Publication Date: 2016-07-18T09:05:07Z
• Authors: Guoting Zhang; Lingling Zhang; Hong Yi; Yi Luo; Xiaotian Qi; Chen-Ho Tung; Li-Zhu Wu; Aiwen Lei
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

An oxidant-free dehydrogenative sulfonylation of α-methyl-styrene derivatives was developed for the construction of allylic sulfones by using eosin Y as a photosensitizer in conjunction with a cobaloxime catalyst.