.ALPHA.-Fluorination of Methyl Phenyl Sulfoxide and Related Compounds by Molecular Fluorine: A Novel Method for the Introduction of Fluorine into Sulfoxides Bearing .ALPHA.-H Atoms.

Abstract

Direct formation of α-fluorosulfones from sulfoxides bearing α-H atoms merely by reaction with molecular fluorine (5% F2/N2) is reported, and a novel non-Pummerer-type mechanism is proposed for this α-fluorination reaction.