A simple and gram-scale synthesis of β-sulfonyl styrenes has been developed starting from one-pot PPA (polyphosphoric acid)-catalyzed 1,1-diacetoxylation of arylacetaldehydes (ArCH2CHO) with acetic anhydride (Ac2O) followed by deacetoxylative sulfonylation of the resulting 1,1-diacetate intermediate with sodium sulfinates (RSO2Na) in good yields under solvent-free conditions.