Reaction of sulfolanyl sulfonates with some nucleophilic reagents

The corresponding -substituted sulfolane derivatives were isolated in the reaction of 3-sulfolanyl arene(alkane)sulfonates with amines, alcohols, and mercaptans. Depending on the nature of the nucleophile, 3,4-disubstituted sulfolanes and 4- and 3-substituted 2-sulfolenes were obtained with 3,4-sulfolanyl disulfonates and 4-sulfolen-2-yl sulfonates.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 625–630, May, 1974.