Friedel-Crafts Arylation Reactions of N-Sulfonyl Aldimines or Sulfonamidesulfones with Electron-Rich Arenes Catalyzed by FeCl3•6H2O: Synthesis of Triarylmethanes and Bis-heteroarylarylmethanes

The FeCl3 center dot 6H(2)O-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts arylation reactions of N-sulfonyl aldimines or sulfonamidesulfones with electron-rich arenes and heteroarenes, which lead to the formation of triarylmethanes and bis-heteroarylarylmethanes, are developed. The use of mild reaction conditions, low catalytic loading, high yield, and single step synthesis are the advantages of the present procedure.