title: Arylative Desulfonation of Diarylmethyl Phenyl Sulfone with Arenes Catalyzed by Scandium Triflate.
abstract: A scandium-triflate-catalyzed arylative desulfonation of diarylmethyl phenyl sulfones with arenes and heteroarenes was established. A variety of both sulfone and arene substrates were reacted to afford symmetric and nonsymmetric triarylmethanes in good yields. Further transformations of the resulting triarylmethanes and application to the concise synthesis of a bactericidal agent analogue were also demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University , 464-8601 Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nambo
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Queen's University , Chernoff Hall, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
authors.forename: Zachary T
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Ariki
authors.affiliation: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University , 464-8601 Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Canseco-Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Queen's University , Chernoff Hall, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
authors.forename: D Dawson
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Beattie
authors.affiliation: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University , 464-8601 Nagoya, Japan.|Department of Chemistry, Queen's University , Chernoff Hall, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
authors.forename: Cathleen M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Crudden