First synthesis of sulfinyl substituted tricarbonyl(η6-arene)chromium(0) complexes

Abstract
Dimethyldioxirane efficiently oxidises tricarbonylchromium(O) complexes of sulfenyl substituted arenes to tricarbonylchromium(O) complexes of sulfinyl substituted arenes: ortho substituted complexes are oxidised with high diastereoselectivity and determination of the relative stereochemistry of the oxidation products by inter alia an X-ray crystal structure analysis of tricarbonyl[η6–1-(tert-butylsulfinyl)-2-methoxybenzene]chromium(0)(2bx) revealed that oxidations of methylsulfenyl and tert-butylsulfenyl substituted complexes proceed to give complementary diastereoisomers.
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