Oxidative S-dealkylation reaction of sulfide catalyzed by Co (II)(bzacen).

Y Watanabe, T Numata, S Oae

Index: Watanabe, Yoshihito; Numata, Tatsuo; Oae, Shigeru Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1982 , vol. 55, # 6 p. 1915 - 1920

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Abstract

In the oxygenation reaction of alkyl sulfides with Co (II)(bzacen)–O 2 system, oxidative S–C bond cleavage (S-dealkylation) was found to take place exclusively. The reactivity of S- dealkylation reaction was dependent markedly on both acidity of α-methylene and steric hindrance of alkyl sulfide. The peroxo-Co (III) species is presumed to be the intermediate in this S-dealkylation reaction.