title: Efficient conversion of sulfones into beta-keto sulfones by N-acylbenzotriazoles.
abstract: Acyclic sulfones 4a-f and alicyclic sulfone 7 react with readily available N-acylbenzotriazoles 3a-g (derived from aliphatic, aromatic, and heteroaromatic carboxylic acids) to provide the corresponding beta-keto sulfones 5a-n and 8a-c, respectively, in good to excellent yields.
authors.affiliation: Center for Heterocyclic Compounds, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, USA. katritzky@chem.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Katritzky
authors.forename: Ashraf A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Abdel-Fattah
authors.forename: Mingyi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang