2-Propanesulfonyl chloride is used as a pharmaceutical intermediate. Reductive cleavage of a secondary alcohol to methylene has been achieved by reduction of the 2-propanesulfonyl ester with lithium triethylborohydride.
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Applications
2-Propanesulfonyl chloride is used as a pharmaceutical intermediate. Reductive cleavage of a secondary alcohol to methylene has been achieved by reduction of the 2-propanesulfonyl ester with lithium triethylborohydride.
Solubility
Reacts with water.
Notes
Keep container tightly sealed. Store in cool, dry conditions in well sealed containers. Incompatible with oxidizing agents and bases. Store under dry inert gas. It is sensitive to moisture.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- James F. King.; Joe Y. L. Lam.; Vinod Dave. tert-Butyl Cation Formation in the Hydrolysis of 2-Methyl-2-propanesulfonyl Chloride, the Simplest Tertiary Alkanesulfonyl Chloride. J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60 (9), 2831-2834.
- Dennis N. Kevill.; Byoung-Chun Park.; Kyoung-Ho Park.; Malcolm J. D'souza.; Lamia Yaakoubd.; Stacey L. Mlynarski.; Jin Burm Kyong. Rate and product studies in the solvolyses of N,N-dimethylsulfamoyl and 2-propanesulfonyl chlorides. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2006, 4(8), 1580-1586.
- Reductive cleavage of a secondary alcohol to methylene has been achieved by reduction of the 2-propanesulfonyl ester with lithium triethylborohydride. Reduction of the mesylate and tosylate yielded only the starting alcohol: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 107, 4088 (1985).