Natthapol SamakkanadPraewpan KatrunThanachart TechajaroonjitSornsiri HlekhlaiManat PohmakotrVichai ReutrakulThaworn JaipetchDarunee SoorukramChutima KuhakarnMahidol University2018-06-112018-06-112012-05-02Synthesis (Germany). Vol.44, No.11 (2012), 1693-16991437210X003978812-s2.0-84861345785https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/13918A direct synthesis of -keto sulfones from alkenes is described. A combination of o-iodoxybenzoic acid/iodine (IBX/I was found to mediate the reactions of alkenes with arenesulfinates to yield -keto sulfones in good yields via a one-pot reaction. © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York.Mahidol UniversityChemical EngineeringChemistryArticleSCOPUS10.1055/s-0031-1290952