Tetrabutylammonium Peroxydisulfate in Organic Synthesis; III1. An Efficient Procedure for the Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides by Tetrabutylammonium Peroxydisulfate

Abstract
Tetrabutylammonium peroxydisulfate is an efficient reagent for the selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides in methylene chloride in nearly quantatitive yields under mild conditions, and no sulfones are produced.