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Synthesis 2002(17): 2484-2486
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35623
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35623
SHORTPAPER
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
A Mild and Highly Efficient Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides with Periodic Acid Catalyzed by FeCl3
Further Information
Received
24 June 2002
Publication Date:
20 November 2002 (online)
Publication History
Publication Date:
20 November 2002 (online)
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Abstract
An excellent method for the selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides with periodic acid (H5IO6) catalyzed by FeCl3 in MeCN has been devised. The reported procedure is fast, simple and the yields are excellent (>98%) in most cases with reaction time of less than 2 minutes.
Key words
sulfides - sulfoxides - periodic acid - iron chloride - hypervalent
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Dr. Kasi Nehru is a visiting scholar from Madurai Kamaraj University on a grant from BK 21(2001).