An investigation by means of correlation analysis into the mechanisms of oxidation of aryl methyl sulfides and sulfoxides by dimethyldioxirane in various solvents

P Hanson, RAAJ Hendrickx, JRL Smith

Index: Hanson, Peter; Hendrickx, Ramon A. A. J.; Smith, John R. Lindsay Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2008 , vol. 6, # 6 p. 745 - 761

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Abstract

Relative rate constants have been measured for the oxidation of aryl methyl sulfides and sulfoxides by dimethyldioxirane in acetone, in mixtures of acetone with aprotic co-solvents of both higher and lower relative permittivity, and in aqueous acetone mixtures. Correlation analyses of the effects of substituents in the different solvents show that, with one exception, reactions take place via a single step mechanism in which the formation of the new SO ...