Vanadium-Substituted Keggin Type Heteropolyacid are Used for the Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides and Sulfones Using Hydrogen Peroxide

Title: Vanadium-Substituted Keggin Type Heteropolyacid are Used for the Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides and Sulfones Using Hydrogen Peroxide

Volume: 4 Issue: 8

Author(s): Gustavo P. Romanelli, Daniel O. Bennardi, Valeria Palermo, Patricia G. Vazquez and Pietro Tundo

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Keywords: Sulfides, sulfoxides, sulfones, hydrogen peroxide, keggin heteropolyacid, oxidation

Abstract: Various types of aromatic and aliphatic sulfides are selectively oxidized to sulfoxides and sulfones with good to excellent yields using H2O2 35% p/V in the presence of catalytic amounts of Keggin heteropolyacid (H5PMo11Al0.5V0.5O40) using acetonitrile as solvent.

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Romanelli P. Gustavo, Bennardi O. Daniel, Palermo Valeria, Vazquez G. Patricia and Tundo Pietro, Vanadium-Substituted Keggin Type Heteropolyacid are Used for the Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides and Sulfones Using Hydrogen Peroxide, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2007; 4 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017807782795592