Martin's_sulfurane

Martin's sulfurane

Martin's sulfurane

Chemical compound

Martin's sulfurane is the organosulfur compound with the formula Ph2S[OC(CF3)2Ph]2 (Ph = C6H5). It is a white solid that easily undergoes sublimation. The compound is an example of a hypervalent sulfur compound called a sulfurane. As such, the sulfur adopts a see-saw structure, with a lone pair of electrons as the equatorial fifth coordinate of a trigonal bipyramid, like that of sulfur tetrafluoride (SF4).[1] The compound is a reagent in organic synthesis. One application is for the dehydration of a secondary alcohol to give an alkene:[2]

RCH(OH)CH2R' + Ph2S[OC(CF3)2Ph]2 → RCH=CHR' + Ph2SO + 2 HOC(CF3)2Ph
Mechanism of the dehydration using Martin's sulfurane.
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References

  1. [1]
    Martin, J. C.; Arhart, R. J.; Franz, J. A.; Perozzi, E. F.; Kaplan, L. J. "Bis[2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenyl-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethoxy]diphenyl sulfurane". Organic Syntheses. 57: 22. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.057.0022.
  2. [2]
    Roden, Brian A. (2001). "Diphenylbis(1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-phenyl-2-propoxy)sulfurane". Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. doi:10.1002/047084289X.rd409. ISBN 0471936235.
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