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Copper catalyzed oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides with aqueous hydrogen peroxide

S Velusamy, AV Kumar, R Saini, T Punniyamurthy

Index: Velusamy, Subbarayan; Kumar, Akkilagunta V.; Saini, Rakesh; Punniyamurthy Tetrahedron Letters, 2005 , vol. 46, # 22 p. 3819 - 3822

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Abstract

Synthetic building blocks containing sulfoxide functional groups are particularly useful for the construction of various important compounds. 1 These derivatives are usually prepared by oxidation of sulfides and several oxidative procedures are applicable for this transformation. 2, 3 and 4 Generally, it is important to stop the oxidation at the sulfoxide stage by controlling the electrophilic character of the oxidant, but this requirement is often hard to meet and failure results in ...