{"title":"Water-Controlled\nDivergent Mechanochemical Synthesis\nof β-Keto Sulfones and Alkynyl Sulfones: A Unified Approach","authors":"Himanshu Chauhan,Anoop Sharma,Ajay Kumar Dhiya,Anuj Sharma","doi":"10.1021/acs.orglett.6c04170","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Herein, we report a water-controlled divergent mechanochemical sulfonylation of acetylenic carboxylic acids with sodium sulfinate salts. Under KI/TBHP-mediated ball-milling conditions, a low water content favors alkynyl sulfone formation, whereas excess water switches the reaction pathway to β-keto sulfones. The method accommodates aryl and alkyl sulfinate salts under transition-metal-, base-, and solvent-free conditions. Extension to α-methylstyrene substrates further demonstrates the broader applicability of this mechanochemical sulfonylation platform.","PeriodicalId":54,"journal":{"name":"Organic Letters","volume":"230 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7000,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Organic Letters","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c04170","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract Herein, we report a water-controlled divergent mechanochemical sulfonylation of acetylenic carboxylic acids with sodium sulfinate salts. Under KI/TBHP-mediated ball-milling conditions, a low water content favors alkynyl sulfone formation, whereas excess water switches the reaction pathway to β-keto sulfones. The method accommodates aryl and alkyl sulfinate salts under transition-metal-, base-, and solvent-free conditions. Extension to α-methylstyrene substrates further demonstrates the broader applicability of this mechanochemical sulfonylation platform.
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