S. Rozen et Y. Bareket, A NOVEL AND EFFICIENT METHOD FOR OXIDIZING SULFIDES TO SULFONES WITH THE HOF-CENTER-DOT-CH3CN SYSTEM, Tetrahedron letters, 35(13), 1994, pp. 2099-2100
The HOF.CH3CN complex, made directly by passing fluorine through aqueo
us acetonitrile, oxidizes all types of sulfides to the corresponding s
ulfones and also offering a way to make O-18 containing sulfone deriva
tives.