Efficicient, high yield, oxidation of thiols and selenols to disulphides and diselenides

A McKillop, D Koyuncu, A Krief, W Dumont, P Renier…

Index: McKillop; Koyuncu; Krief; Dumont; Renier; Trabelsi Tetrahedron Letters, 1990 , vol. 31, # 35 p. 5007 - 5010

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Alain Krief,* Willy Dumont, Phillipe Renier and Mahmoud Trabelsi Laboratoire de Chimie Organigue Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium ... Abstract: Thiols and selenols are smoothly oxidised in high yield to disulphides and diselenides by sodium perborate at room temperature. ... Thiols and selenols are among the most easily oxidised of all functional groups, and air, or oxygen, can often be used satisfactorily for ...