Distinct catalytic effect of micellar solution of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) for one-pot conversion of alkyl halides to disulfides via an odourless process using thiourea …

H Firouzabadi, N Iranpoor, M Abbasi

Index: Firouzabadi, Habib; Iranpoor, Nasser; Abbasi, Mohammad Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2010 , vol. 83, # 6 p. 698 - 702

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Abstract

A novel one-pot odourless synthesis of symmetrical disulfides from their corresponding halides in aqueous media using thiourea and MnO 2 in the presence of NaHCO 3 or Na 2 CO 3 catalyzed by micellar solution of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) is described. By this method, primary, allylic and benzylic halides were converted into their corresponding disulfides in high yields.