A series of compact and multifunctional 2-alkyl-substituted
vinyl
sulfonyl fluorides were efficiently prepared from the corresponding
alkyl iodides and 2-chloroprop-2-ene-1-sulfonyl fluoride (CESF). This
Giese-type radical approach provided new and general access to alkenyl
sulfonyl fluorides, including structures that would otherwise be challenging
to synthesize with previously established methods. A correspondingly
large collection of derivatization reactions was also demonstrated
on the alkenyl sulfonyl fluorides