Issue 81, 2022

Synthesis and reactivity of donor stabilized thionylium (SO2+) dications

Abstract

Robust mono-, di-, and tridentate base-stabilized thionylium (SO2+) dications were synthesized from the treatment of SOCl2 with Me3SiO3SCF3 and pyridine-based ligands. Computational and experimental data are consistent with Lewis acidities comparable to BF3 and PF5 and these compounds were shown to activate C–F bonds of fluoroalkanes. These dications also react with Ph3PO and CuO to effect O2− abstraction in an overall redox-neutral deoxygenation process driven by the evolution of SO2.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis and reactivity of donor stabilized thionylium (SO2+) dications

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jul 2022
Accepted
19 Aug 2022
First published
19 Aug 2022

Chem. Commun., 2022,58, 11434-11437

Synthesis and reactivity of donor stabilized thionylium (SO2+) dications

R. J. Andrews, J. R. De Backere and D. W. Stephan, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 11434 DOI: 10.1039/D2CC04129D

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