Journal of Sulfur Chemistry

I2 as a mild and efficient catalyst in deoxygenation of sulfoxides with thioacetic acid

A Jabbari, M Zarei, A Jamaleddini

Index: Jabbari, Arida; Zarei, Morteza; Jamaleddini, Azar Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 33, # 4 p. 413 - 418

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Abstract

An effective procedure for deoxygenation of sulfoxides to sulfides using thioacetic acid as a reducing agent and a catalytic amount of I2 in MeCN at ambient temperature has been developed. Using this protocol, a variety of sulfoxides including benzyl, allyl, alkyl and aryl sulfoxides have been successfully reduced to the corresponding sulfides in excellent yields.