Synthesis and Reactions of Disulfones.

Organosulfur compounds are important in many areas of chemistry and material science, and compounds featuring sulfur-sulfur bonds are particularly interesting due to the importance of the disulfide bridges in proteins. However, contrary to disulfides, oxidized derivatives received less attention, and in particular disulfones are rather scarcely studied. Literature methods to efficiently prepare disulfones are limited, and therefore their potential as reactants for organic synthesis is nearly unexplored. The objective of this project is therefore firstly, to develop an unprecended general method (in accordance with the principles of green chemistry) to access disulfones directly from easily available precursors, and secondly, to explore reactivity of these disulfones including both poorly studied as well as new reactions.

Keywords:CATALYSIS, GREEN CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Disciplines:Organic chemical synthesis, Catalysis, Organic green chemistry, Photochemistry