Selective Sulfur Oxygenation in Phosphoroamidate, Thionophosphate, and Thiophosphate Agrochemicals by Perfluoro-cis-2,3-dialkyloxaziridine

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(95)00413-3

Several organophsophorus agrochemicals 2a-g with thioether, phosphoramidic, phosphorothioic, and phosphorothionic functions were reacted with perfluoro-cis-2-n-butyl-3-n-propyloxaziridine 1.The selective oxygenation of sulfide function to give sulfoxide derivatives 3a-g occured in high yields without overoxidation to sulfone products.Sulfoxides 3a-e were further oxidized under mild conditions to the corresponding sulfones 4a-e.All the products are themselves of interest as analytical environmental standards and their preparation is described in detail.