Electrochemical Synthesis of Sulfonamides in Single‐Pass Flow

Abstract An electrochemical multicomponent synthesis of sulfonamides at room temperature in single‐pass flow is presented. In contrast to batch‐type electrolysis, an undivided flow cell setup with a stainless‐steel cathode and either a boron‐doped diamond (BDD) anode or a glassy carbon anode can be...

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Main Authors: Johannes Schneider, Dr. Stephan P. Blum, Prof. Dr. Siegfried R. Waldvogel
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Language:English
Published: Wiley-VCH 2023-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300456
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author Johannes Schneider
Dr. Stephan P. Blum
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description Abstract An electrochemical multicomponent synthesis of sulfonamides at room temperature in single‐pass flow is presented. In contrast to batch‐type electrolysis, an undivided flow cell setup with a stainless‐steel cathode and either a boron‐doped diamond (BDD) anode or a glassy carbon anode can be employed. Simply by using SO2 stock solutions, less atom‐economic sulfur dioxide surrogates can be avoided. Moreover, no additional supporting electrolytes are required due to the in‐situ generation of amidosulfinates, which also serve as intermediate for this transformation. This protocol allows sulfonamides to be synthesized directly from non‐prefunctionalized electron‐rich arenes with amines and SO2. In total, 10 examples are demonstrated with isolated yields up to 92 %. The robust scalability of this electrosynthesis with an easy downstream processing was also proven.
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spelling doaj.art-888b5b21269f4af1b4df523c82d7d5052023-12-05T02:03:44ZengWiley-VCHChemElectroChem2196-02162023-12-011023n/an/a10.1002/celc.202300456Electrochemical Synthesis of Sulfonamides in Single‐Pass FlowJohannes Schneider0Dr. Stephan P. Blum1Prof. Dr. Siegfried R. Waldvogel2Department of Chemistry Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Duesbergweg 10–14 55128 Mainz GermanyDepartment of Chemistry Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Duesbergweg 10–14 55128 Mainz GermanyDepartment of Chemistry Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Duesbergweg 10–14 55128 Mainz GermanyAbstract An electrochemical multicomponent synthesis of sulfonamides at room temperature in single‐pass flow is presented. In contrast to batch‐type electrolysis, an undivided flow cell setup with a stainless‐steel cathode and either a boron‐doped diamond (BDD) anode or a glassy carbon anode can be employed. Simply by using SO2 stock solutions, less atom‐economic sulfur dioxide surrogates can be avoided. Moreover, no additional supporting electrolytes are required due to the in‐situ generation of amidosulfinates, which also serve as intermediate for this transformation. This protocol allows sulfonamides to be synthesized directly from non‐prefunctionalized electron‐rich arenes with amines and SO2. In total, 10 examples are demonstrated with isolated yields up to 92 %. The robust scalability of this electrosynthesis with an easy downstream processing was also proven.https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300456electrolysismicroreactorsmulticomponent reactionsradical reactionssulfonamides
spellingShingle Johannes Schneider
Dr. Stephan P. Blum
Prof. Dr. Siegfried R. Waldvogel
Electrochemical Synthesis of Sulfonamides in Single‐Pass Flow
ChemElectroChem
electrolysis
microreactors
multicomponent reactions
radical reactions
sulfonamides
title Electrochemical Synthesis of Sulfonamides in Single‐Pass Flow
title_full Electrochemical Synthesis of Sulfonamides in Single‐Pass Flow
title_fullStr Electrochemical Synthesis of Sulfonamides in Single‐Pass Flow
title_full_unstemmed Electrochemical Synthesis of Sulfonamides in Single‐Pass Flow
title_short Electrochemical Synthesis of Sulfonamides in Single‐Pass Flow
title_sort electrochemical synthesis of sulfonamides in single pass flow
topic electrolysis
microreactors
multicomponent reactions
radical reactions
sulfonamides
url https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300456
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