Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0070594

Zusammenfassung

Since the discovery of the first sulfonamide antibiotics almost 100years ago, sulfone- and sulfonamide-based drugs have saved literallymillions of human lives. Nowadays organic molecules containing asulfonyl functionality (-SO2-), such as sulfones or sulfonamides, havefound widespread use in divers fields ranging from agrochemicals tofunctional materials and in particular as active pharmaceuticalingredient (API) in medicines. The chemical fixation of sulfur dioxide(SO2) into organic molecules has emerged as versatile tool for a step-and atom-economic synthesis of sulfones and sulfonamides.Inte...