text: Sulfone is a relatively inert functional group, typically less oxidizing and 4 bel more acidic than sulfoxides.  In the Ramberg–Bäcklund reaction and the Julia olefination, sulfones are converted to alkenes by the elimination of sulfur dioxide.  However, sulfones are unstable to bases, eliminating to give an alkene.  
  Sulfones can also undergo desulfonylation.