Exogenous-oxidant-free electrochemical oxidative C–H sulfonylation of arenes/heteroarenes with hydrogen evolution

Yong Yuan; Yi Yu; Jin Qiao; Pan Liu; Banying Yu; Wukun Zhang; Huilin Liu; Min He; Zhiliang Huang; Aiwen Lei

doi:10.1039/C8CC06451B

Exogenous-oxidant-free electrochemical oxidative C–H sulfonylation of arenes/heteroarenes with hydrogen evolution†

Yong Yuan,

‡^ab Yi Yu,‡^a Jin Qiao,^a Pan Liu,^a Banying Yu,^a Wukun Zhang,^a Huilin Liu,^a Min He,^a Zhiliang Huang*^b and Aiwen Lei

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^a National Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, P. R. China
E-mail: aiwenlei@whu.edu.cn

^b College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
E-mail: zlhuang@whu.edu.cn

Abstract

An efficient and environmentally benign electrochemical oxidative radical C–H sulfonylation of arenes/heteroarenes was developed in this work. A series of significant diarylsulfones were prepared under mild catalyst- and exogenous-oxidant-free reaction conditions, which efficiently avoid the issues of desulfonylation or over-reduction of sulfonyl groups.

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Exogenous-oxidant-free electrochemical oxidative C–H sulfonylation of arenes/heteroarenes with hydrogen evolution†

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