Citation: Xue-Dong Li, Ran Ma, Liang-Nian He. Fe(NO₃)₃·9H₂O-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of sulfi des to sulfoxides under mild conditions with the aid of trifl uoroethanol[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(5): 539-542. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2014.12.010 shu

Fe(NO₃)₃·9H₂O-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of sulfi des to sulfoxides under mild conditions with the aid of trifl uoroethanol

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State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

Corresponding author: Liang-Nian He,
Received Date: 13 January 2014
Available Online: 1 December 2014
Fund Project: We are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20130031110013) (No. 20130031110013) MOE Innovation Team (No. IRT13022) of China for financial support. (No. IRT13022)

Selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides was successfully performed by employing readily available Fe(NO₃)₃·9H₂O as the active catalyst with oxygen as the oxidant in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) without the formation of sulfones. Nitrate anion could play a crucial role in promoting the reaction due to the oxidation capacity under acidic media. High yields of sulfoxides were exclusively obtained from the corresponding sulfides. Furthermore, both aromatic and aliphatic sulfides gave moderate to high yields of sulfoxides with this protocol.
- Fe(NO₃)₃·9H₂O,
- TFE,
- Oxidation,
- Sulfoxides
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