Micelle-enabled clean and selective sulfonylation of polyfluoroarenes in water under mild conditions

  • Justin D. Smith
  • , Tharique N. Ansari
  • , Martin P. Andersson
  • , Dongari Yadagiri
  • , Faisal Ibrahim
  • , Shengzong Liang
  • , Gerald B. Hammond
  • , Fabrice Gallou
  • , Sachin Handa*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Proline-based designer surfactant FI-750-M has been demonstrated to enable selective nucleophilic aromatic substitution of polyfluoro(hetero)arenes by sulfinate salts in water under mild micellar conditions. Resultant sulfones were obtained from diverse substrates in good yields without side product formation and could usually be purified by simple filtration. The nature of micelles of FI-750-M and the solubility of coupling partners in different micellar regions has been supported by dynamic light scattering, cryo-TEM, and DFT calculations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1784-1790
Number of pages7
JournalGreen Chemistry
Volume20
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

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© 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Pollution

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