Aa. Bredikhin et al., New approach to cyclic sulfites and sulfates through reactions of sulfur oxychlorides with glycidols, RUSS CHEM B, 49(9), 2000, pp. 1575-1582
Reactions of 2,3-epoxyalcohols (glycidols) with thionyl chloride or sulfury
l chloride afford cyclic sulfites or sulfates, respectively. These reaction
s yield predominantly 4-chloroalkyl-1,3,2-dioxathiolane oxides. The configu
ration of the C(4) atom in the latter compounds exactly corresponds to that
of the C(2) atom of the parent glycidol, whereas the configuration of the
exocyclic atom is almost completely reversed with respect to that of the C(
3) atom of the precursor.