... 1980. Printed in Great Britain A BIOMIMETIC HETEROATOM OXIDATION Bruce Ganem * 1, Alan J. BilosM and Richard P. Heggs Department of Chemistry Baker Laboratory Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853 The oxidation of amines and sulfides to N-oxides, sulfoxides and sulfones is smoothly accomplished using 2-hydroperoxyhexafluoro-2-propanol (HPHI). ... 3. 4. 5. B. Ganem, RP Hegga, AJ Biloski, D. R Schwartz, Tetrahedron Lett. , submitted. ...