Dioxygenase-catalysed oxidation of alkylaryl sulfides: sulfoxidation versus cis-dihydrodiol formation

…, ND Sharma, BE Byrne, SA Haughey…

Index: Allen, Christopher C. R.; Boyd, Derek R.; Dalton, Howard; Sharma, Narain D.; Haughey, Simon A.; et al. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1995 , # 2 p. 119 - 120

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Abstract

Toluene-and naphthalene-dioxygenase-catalysed sulfoxidation of nine disubstituted methylphenyl sulfides, using whole cells of Pseudomonas putida, consistently gave the corresponding enantioenriched sulfoxides. Using the P. putida UV4 mutant strain, and these substrates, differing proportions of the corresponding cis-dihydrodiol sulfides were also isolated. Evidence was found for the concomitant dioxygenase-catalysed cis- ...