Concepedia

Flavin-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of sulfides and thiols with formic acid/triethylamine

Shun‐Ichi Murahashi, Dazhi Zhang, Hiroki Iida, Toshio Miyawaki, Masaaki Uenaka, Kenji Murano, Kanji Meguro

Chemical Communications · 2014 · 63 citations · 58 references

Concepts

Chemical EngineeringEngineeringFormic Acid/teaAerobic Oxidative TransformationOrganic ChemistryPractical Catalytic MethodCatalysisRedox ChemistryChemistryDesulfurizationMolecular CatalysisFlavin-catalyzed Aerobic OxidationSynthetic ChemistryCatalytic Synthesis

Abstract

An efficient and practical catalytic method for the aerobic oxidative transformation of sulfides into sulfoxides, and thiols into disulfides with formic acid/TEA in the presence of a new, readily available, and stable flavin catalyst 5d is described.

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