Tetrahedron letters

A facile and selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfones

W Priebe, G Grynkiewicz

Index: Priebe, Waldemar; Grynkiewicz, Grzegorz Tetrahedron Letters, 1991 , vol. 32, # 50 p. 7353 - 7356

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Abstract

Abstract Sulfides undergo a facile and selective oxidation to sulfones under mild conditions using a catalytic amount of osmium tetroxide and tertiary amine N-oxides (N- methylmorpholine N-oxide or trimethylamine N-oxide). Both N-oxides are equally effective. The observed yields ranged between 60%–95%.