J. Iran. Chem. Soc., Vol. 7, No. 1 March 2010, pp.190~194.
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Catalytic Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides Using Aluminium Hydrogen Sulfate, Sodium Nitrite and Catalytic Amounts of Metal Bromide
A. Ghorbani-Choghamarani* and J. Zeinivand
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ilam University, P.O. Box 69315516, Ilam, Iran
A catalytic, chemoselective and environmentally friendly procedure for the oxidation of sulfides is described. A wide range of aliphatic or aromatic sulfides were successfully oxidized to the corresponding sulfoxides using NaNO2, Al(HSO4)3 and a catalytic amount of KBr or NaBr in the presence of wet SiO2 (50% w/w) in CH3CN under heterogeneous conditions in moderate to high yields.
Keywords: Sulfides, Sulfoxides, Homoselectivity, Metal bromide, Heterogeneous
