An investigation of the catalytic effect on vanadium bromoperoxidase (VBrPO, from Corallina officinalis) on the oxidation of a series of prochiral sulfides by hydrogen peroxide, revealed that substrates having a cis-positioned carboxyl group are oxidized rapidly, giving the sulfoxide in> 95% ee The pH-rate profile shows a typical sharp sigmoidal curve, indicative of a deprotonation event at around pH 6.4. The corresponding, non-protolytic, methyl esters ...