The reactivity of our recently disclosed hypervalent iodine reagents (HIRs) bearing a benzylamine with in situ-generated sulfenate salts was investigated. Under the studied conditions sulfonamides have been obtained in up to 52% yield. This reaction has been extended to a variety of HIRs and sulfenate salts to explore the different reactivity of these new reagents. A plausible mechanism is proposed, suggesting a possible radical pathway.
Keywords: electrophilic amination; hypervalent iodine reagents; sulfinamide; sulfonamide.
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