title: Sulfoxide-mediated Umpolung of alkali halide salts.
abstract: A new protocol for the direct two-electron oxidative Umpolung of alkali halide salts is reported. This procedure, relying on the use of a commercially available sulfoxide as the oxidant, allows the electrophilic halogenation of carbonyl compounds as well as halolactonisation reactions to proceed from the corresponding sodium salts, at room temperature and under mild conditions.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim, Germany.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klimczyk
authors.forename: Xueliang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farès
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maulide