Abstract
Thiourea dioxide (TUD) has been reported for the first time as a highly efficient and selective organocatalyst for the oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides in high to excellent yields by using tert-butylhydroperoxide as oxidant under mild reaction conditions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3393-3396 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 26 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 29 Jun 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are thankful to the Director, IIP for his kind permission to publish these results. S.K. and S.V. acknowledge CSIR, New Delhi for the award of Research Fellowship. We acknowledge Dr. Basant Kumar and Mr. Sivakumar (analytical division) for providing the GCMS analysis of the samples.
Funding
We are thankful to the Director, IIP for his kind permission to publish these results. S.K. and S.V. acknowledge CSIR, New Delhi for the award of Research Fellowship. We acknowledge Dr. Basant Kumar and Mr. Sivakumar (analytical division) for providing the GCMS analysis of the samples.
Funders | Funder number |
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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India |
Keywords
- Organocatalyst
- Oxidation
- Sulfide
- Thiourea dioxide