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Iron‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Sulfide Oxidation with Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide
Author(s) -
Legros Julien,
Bolm Carsten
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200352635
Subject(s) - hydrogen peroxide , catalysis , chemistry , aqueous solution , alkyl , aryl , iron sulfide , sulfide , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , sulfur
An iron in the fire : Iron‐based catalysts promote the asymmetric oxidation of alkyl aryl sulfides to the corresponding sulfoxides with up to 90 % ee (see scheme). Simple hydrogen peroxide (30 % in water) serves as the terminal oxidant.