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Oxidative kinetic resolution of alkyl aryl sulfoxides

I Mohammadpoor-Baltork, M Hill, L Caggiano…

Index: Mohammadpoor-Baltork, Iraj; Hill, Mathias; Caggiano, Lorenzo; Jackson, Richard F. W. Synlett, 2006 , # 20 p. 3540 - 3544

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Abstract

Abstract Kinetic resolution is observed in the oxidation of racemic alkyl aryl sulfoxides using a combination of VO (acac) 2 and ligand 1 in chloroform at 0 C, conditions previously described for asymmetric oxidation of prochiral sulfides. Kinetic resolution is also observed in toluene as the solvent, although higher temperatures are required.