Canadian Journal of Chemistry

An efficient and general synthesis of alkyl alkynyl sulfoxides

ST Kabanyane, DI MaGee

Index: Kabanyane, Sidima T.; MaGee, David I. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 70, # 11 p. 2758 - 2763

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Abstract

A convenient one-step method for the preparation of alkynyl phenyl sulfides using diphenyl disulfide has been developed. The oxidation of the corresponding sulfides to the sulfoxides, and not sulfones, was achieved by using trans-(phenylsulfonyl)-3-phenyloxaziridine. A variety of other oxidizing reagents was also investigated.