Citation: Yufen Lv, Huanhuan Cui, Na Meng, Huilan Yue, Wei Wei. Recent advances in the application of sulfinic acids for the construction of sulfur-containing compounds[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(1): 97-114. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.06.068 shu

Recent advances in the application of sulfinic acids for the construction of sulfur-containing compounds

Yufen Lv ^{a, c} ,
Huanhuan Cui ^a ,
Na Meng ^a ,
Huilan Yue ^{b, *,} ,
Wei Wei ^{a, *,}

a.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China
b.
Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Research and CAS Key Laboratory of Tibetan Medicine Research, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Xining 810008, China
c.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China

hlyue@nwipb.cas.cn

weiweiqfnu@qfnu.edu.cn

Received Date: 20 April 2021
Revised Date: 24 June 2021
Accepted Date: 25 June 2021
Available Online: 2 July 2021

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Sulfur-containing organic compounds display wide applications in the field of materials science, synthetic chemistry, and pharmaceutical industry. Thus, numerous synthetic strategies have been developed for the synthesis of sulfur-containing compounds in synthetic chemistry. In recent years, the utilization of sulfinic acids as versatile synthons has emerged as attractive and powerful approach to access various organosulfur compounds through sulfonylation, sulfinylation or sulfenylation reactions. In this review, we summarized the recent progress in the construction of various sulfur-containing compounds from sulfininc acids. Selected examples of substrates and the related reaction mechanisms are described here. This review intends to provide readers a comprehensive understanding on the synthesis of sulfur-containing molecules from sulfinic acids and provide help for future synthetic research.
- Sulfur-containing compounds,
- Sulfinic acids,
- Sulfonylation,
- Sulfinylation,
- Sulfenylation
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