1. Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan 6517838683, Iran;2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj 6617715143, Iran
Abstract:
The oxidative coupling reaction between hydroquinone or catechols and various sodium benzenesulfinates was investigated using the laccase from Trametes versicolor, in the presence of O2 in a phosphate buffer solution at room temperature to afford sulfonyl benzenediols in 75–95% yield.