Two types of aliphatic sulfonyl halides (Cl versus F) were compared in parallel synthesis of sulfonamides derived from aliphatic amines. Aliphatic sulfonyl fluorides showed good results with amines bearing an additional functionality, while the corresponding chlorides failed. Both sulfonyl halides were effective in the reactions with amines having an easily accessible amino group. Aliphatic sulfonyl chlorides reacted efficiently with amines bearing sterically hindered amino group while the corresponding fluorides showed low activity.

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Chlorotrimethylsilane (TMSCl) has been utilized as an efficient promoter and water scavenger in the Knoevenagel condensations of aromatic aldehydes with various methylene active compounds. High yields and a simple workup of target compounds enables the facile generation of combinatorial libraries comprising 11,000 compounds of high structural and functional diversity.