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Chemoselective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides with urea-hydrogen peroxide complex catalysed by diselenide

  • Philip Bulman Page
  • , Benjamin Buckley
  • , Claire Elliott
  • , Yohan Chan
  • , Nicolas Dreyfus
  • , Frank Marken

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    Abstract

    A highly selective catalytic oxidation system has been developed for the conversion of sulfides to the corresponding sulfoxides using urea–hydrogen peroxide as stoichiometric oxidant in the presence of a catalytic quantity of diphenyl diselenide.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)80-82
    Number of pages3
    JournalSynlett
    Volume27
    Issue number01
    Early online date12 Aug 2015
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Keywords

    • sulfoxidation
    • urea–hydrogen peroxide
    • diphenyl diselenide
    • oxidation
    • catalysis

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