1,3-Dibromo-5,5-Dimethylhydantoin [DBDMH] as an Efficient and Selective Agent for the Oxidation of Thiols to Disulfides in Solution or under Solvent-Free Conditions

Ardeshir Khazaei; Mohammad Ali Zolfigol; Amin Rostami

doi:10.1055/s-2004-834919

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1,3-Dibromo-5,5-Dimethylhydantoin [DBDMH] as an Efficient and Selective Agent for the Oxidation of Thiols to Disulfides in Solution or under Solvent-Free Conditions

Ardeshir Khazaei*, Mohammad Ali Zolfigol, Amin Rostami
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bu-Ali Sina University, P.O. Box 65174-4119, Hamedan, Iran
e-Mail: a_khazaei@basu.ac.ir;

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A useful method for oxidation of various thiols to their corresponding disulfides with 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DBDMH) in very short reaction times and mild conditions under both solution and solvent-free conditions is described.

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1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin - oxidation - thiol - disulfide

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