Synthesis and Chemical Transformations of Fluorosulfates

Fluorosulfates are readily available electrophiles that can be prepared from the reactions of phenol or alcohol derivatives with sulfuryl fluoride, fluorosulfonic acid, sulfuryl chloride fluoride, and fluorosulfonic anhydride. This Focus Review covers most of the synthetic strategies that have been reported for the construction of fluorosulfates, as well as their application as versatile building blocks in a variety of synthetic transformations, such as catalyzed amination, cross-coupling, sulfur(VI) fluoride exchange, carbonylation, hydrolysis, alcoholysis, and as alternatives to organic halides or triflates in organic chemistry.