A CONVENIENT PREPARATION OF N-(ARENESULFONYL)SULFOXIMINES BY OXIDATION OF N-(ARENESULFONYL)SULFILIMINES WITH SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN A TWO PHASE SYSTEM
N-(Arenesulfonyl)sulfilimines can be oxidized to the corresponding sulfoximines in high yields with sodium hypochlorite in an AcOEt-H2O two phase system in the presence of quaternary ammonium salts as catalysts.