Selective and efficient oxidation of sulfides and thiols with benzyltriphenylphosphonium peroxymonosulfate in aprotic solvent

Abdol R Hajipour; Shadpour E Mallakpour; Hadi Adibi

doi:10.1021/jo026106p

Selective and efficient oxidation of sulfides and thiols with benzyltriphenylphosphonium peroxymonosulfate in aprotic solvent

J Org Chem. 2002 Nov 29;67(24):8666-8. doi: 10.1021/jo026106p.

Authors

Abdol R Hajipour¹, Shadpour E Mallakpour, Hadi Adibi

Affiliation

¹ Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory, College of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156, Iran. haji@cc.iut.ac.ir

PMID: 12444655
DOI: 10.1021/jo026106p

Abstract

Benzyltriphenylphosphonium peroxymonosulfate could be used for selective oxidation of aromatic and aliphatic sulfides and thiols to their corresponding sulfoxides and disulfides under nonaqueous and aprotic conditions without catalyst.