Patent ID: 6984735

Claim:
A method comprising reacting a dihalomethyl compound with a sulfoxide in the absence of an effective amount of an activating reagent to form the corresponding aldehyde, according to the reaction: wherein AA represents an aryl group, or an alkenyl or alkynyl group; X represents F, Cl, Br, or I; and R A and R B are each an alkyl or aryl group independently selected from the group consisting of C 1 –C 6 alkyl optionally substituted by a C 4 –C 8 cycloalkyl or phenyl group, C 4 –C 8 cycloalkyl optionally substituted by up to two C 1 –C 3 alkyl groups, and phenyl optionally substituted by up to five C 1 –C 3 alkyl groups.