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Self‐Catalyzed Oxidation of Sulfides with Hydrogen Peroxide: A Green and Practical Process for the Synthesis of Sulfoxides
Author(s) -
Shi Feng,
Tse Man Kin,
Kaiser Hanns Martin,
Beller Matthias
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/adsc.200700206
Subject(s) - chemoselectivity , chemistry , hydrogen peroxide , catalysis , scope (computer science) , green chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , sulfoxide , organic chemistry , oxidation process , reaction mechanism , chemical engineering , computer science , engineering , programming language
A self‐catalyzed selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides has been developed. The scope of the protocol is demonstrated in the selective oxidation of 17 different substrates. High yields and chemoselectivity (in general >90 %) are achieved in most cases.