Montmorillonite K10 Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides Using Hydrogen Peroxide

Title: Montmorillonite K10 Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides Using Hydrogen Peroxide

Volume: 4 Issue: 1

Author(s): Moslem Mansour Lakouraj, Mahmood Tajbakhsh and Hamed Tashakkorian

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Keywords: Montmorillonite K10, hydrogen peroxide, sulfide, sulfoxide, catalyzed sulfoxidation

Abstract: A clean and highly selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides with 35% hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by Montmorillonite K10 in methanol is described. A series of structurally different sulfides were oxidized selectively at room temperature in excellent yields. This reaction is very simple and proceeds without over-oxidation under mild condition, and shows many advantages over the existing methodologies. Using this procedure, sulfides bearing functional groups such as hydroxyl, methoxy, amino, nitrile, aldehyde, and olefinic double bond remained intact.

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Lakouraj Moslem Mansour, Tajbakhsh Mahmood and Tashakkorian Hamed, Montmorillonite K10 Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides Using Hydrogen Peroxide, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2007; 4 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017807780037351