Asymmetric Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides by Organic Hydroperoxides with Optically Active Schiff Base-Oxovanadium(IV) Catalysts
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- 5 September 1986
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 15 (9) , 1483-1486
Abstract
The asymmetric oxidation of sulfides into the corresponding sulfoxides was achieved with organic hydroperoxides in the presence of a catalytic amount of optically active Schiff base-oxovanadium(IV) complexes; in most cases the optical yields (e.e.) ranged between 20 and 40%.Keywords
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