Are metal methanesulfonate salts useful stoichiometric chemical reagents?
Yes they are. Metal methanesulfonates can be used to introduce the methanesulfonyl group into a number of chemical moieties including: alcohols, aldehydes, alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, carbohydrates, ketones, onium compounds and silanes and metal methanesulfonate salts are useful for the preparation of sulfonic acid anhydrides and mixed acid anhydrides.