Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5268373 Tetrahedron Letters 2012 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

Clean conversion of a variety of sulfides and dibenzothiophene (DBT) to the corresponding sulfoxide or sulfone could be achieved in high yields at room temperature using mononuclear as well as dinuclear diperoxo complexes of tungsten as oxidants, by a variation of reaction conditions. The compounds could also effectively catalyze oxidation of sulfides by H2O2 to selectively yield sulfone with reasonably good turnover frequency (TOF).

Graphical abstractClean conversion of a variety of sulfides and dibenzothiophene (DBT) to the corresponding sulfoxide or sulfone could be achieved in excellent yield at room temperature, using mononuclear as well as dinuclear diperoxo complexes of tungsten as oxidants, by a versatile variation of reaction conditions. The compounds are recoverable, exhibit chemoselectivity and the reactions proceed under mild condition.Download full-size image

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