Reactivity and selectivity in the oxidation of aryl methyl sulfides and sulfoxides by hydrogen peroxide mediated by acetonitrile
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2
- No. 11,p. 2161-2162
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p29930002161
Abstract
In homogeneous methanol solution containing potassium carbonate, hydrogen peroxide and acetonitrile, the active oxidant in the conversion of p-substituted-phenyl methyl sulfides into the sulfoxides is selective (ρ=–1.0 at 0 °C) but the oxidation of the related sulfoxides at 0 and 24 °C shows low selectivity, which, taken in conjunction with direct kinetic data, throws new light on the active oxidizing species in these nitrile-mediated reactions.Keywords
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