Facile synthesis of diarylsulfones from arenes and 3CdSO4·xH2O via mechanochemistry

Abstract A variety of substituted diarylsulfones could be synthesized by simple arenes and 3CdSO4·xH2O in the presence of P2O5 under high-speed ball milling. It was suggest the aromatic sulfonation was performed by arene and in situ generated H2SO4, following-up by electrophilic substitution with another arene to give diarylsulfone.