Selective and Efficient Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides Using Ammonium Cerium (IV) Nitrate (CAN) in the presence of a catalytic amount of KBr or NaBr

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Title	Selective and Efficient Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides Using Ammonium Cerium (IV) Nitrate (CAN) in the presence of a catalytic amount of KBr or NaBr
Type	JournalPaper
Keywords	Sulfides; Sulfoxides; Ammonium cerium (IV) nitrate (CAN); Monoselectivity
Year	2008
Journal	MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE
DOI
Researchers	MohamadAli Zolfigol ، Kamal amani ، Maryam Hajjamia ، A. Ghorbani-Choghamarani

Abstract

A wide range of aliphatic or aromatic sulfides are selectively oxidized to the corresponding sulfoxides using ammoniumcerium(IV) nitrate (CAN) and a catalytic amount of KBr or NaBr in the presence of wet SiO2 in CH2Cl2 under heterogeneous conditions in moderate to high yields.

Kamal amani

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