A practical fluorosulfonylating platform via photocatalytic imidazolium-based SO2F radical reagent

oleh: Weigang Zhang, Heyin Li, Xiaojuan Li, Zhenlei Zou, Mengjun Huang, Jiyang Liu, Xiaochen Wang, Shengyang Ni, Yi Pan, Yi Wang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01

Deskripsi

Sulfonyl fluorides have potential application in chemical biology, materials science, and drug discovery, but their preparation remains challenging. Here, the authors report an air-stable fluorosulfonylating reagent that enables the radical fluorosulfonylation, hydrofluorosulfonylation and migratory SO2F-difunctionalization of unsaturated hydrocarbons to construct a variety of sulfonyl fluoride compounds.