Oxidation of sulfides with N-bromosuccinimide in the presence of hydrated silica gel

  • Mohammed Hashmat Ali
  • , Melanie Hartman
  • , Kimberly Lamp
  • , Chad Schmitz
  • , Tim Wencewicz

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Abstract

An efficient and highly selective procedure for oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) in the presence of hydrated silica gel has been developed. Hydrated silica gel supplies the water necessary for decomposition of the intermediate bromosulfonium salt to the product, allowing the reaction to employ a nonaqueous media. Also, this procedure has increased the scope of the reaction by oxidizing a wider variety of sulfides, which was not possible until now.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1769-1777
Number of pages9
JournalSynthetic Communications
Volume36
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

Keywords

  • N-Bromosuccinimide
  • NBS
  • Oxidation
  • Silica gel
  • Sulfides
  • Sulfoxides

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