An Acid-catalyzed Cleavage of Sulfoxides1

WJ Kenney, JA Walsh…

Index: Kenney,W. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1961 , vol. 83, p. 4019 - 4022

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Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of a series of R-substituted mercapto-, sulfinyl-, sulfonyl-, his-(mercapto)-acetic acids (where R= C6H5-, p-CH3C6H4-, m-CH (&H4-, p-(CH3) 3CC6H4- , p-C1C6H4-, p-\ SOzCsH4-) and some related cpmpounds are reported. The acid-catalyzed oxidation-reduction cleavage of a-sulfinyl acids, a-sulfinyl ketones and 8-disulfoxides has been investigated and a mechanism is proposed