Selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides and sulfones by microwave thermolysis on wet silica-supported sodium periodates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(97)01520-7

A variety of symmetrical and unsymmetrical sulfides have been selectively and expeditiously oxidized to either sulfoxides or sulfones in good yields using wet silica-supported sodium periodate under microwave thermolysis conditions.