Direct and metal-free arylsulfonylation of alkynes with sulfonylhydrazides for the construction of 3-sulfonated coumarins

Abstract

A novel and metal-free procedure has been developed for the construction of 3-sulfonated coumarins via the direct difunctionalization of alkynoates with sulfonylhydrazides. The present protocol, which simply utilizes TBAI as the catalyst and TBHP as the oxidant, provides a convenient and highly efficient approach to construct a series of sulfonated coumarins with high regioselectivity and good functional group tolerance.