A facile and selective procedure for oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides on silica gel supported magnesium monoperoxyphthalate (MMPP) in dichloromethane

Abstract

The scope of the magnesium monoperoxyphthalate (MMPP) oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides has been extended by using hydrated silica gel as a solid support in dichloromethane media. This procedure works in the presence of a number of functional groups on the sulfides, including carbonyl and alkene groups that have been known to undergo Baeyer-Villiger oxidation and epoxidation with MMPP when using more conventional procedures. To our knowledge, this is the first example of oxidation of sulfides containing a carbonyl group with MMPP in non-aqueous media without any Baeyer-Villiger reaction. The reported procedure is easy to perform, product separation is trivial and it produces excellent yields.

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Synthesis

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