The Mechanism of Enzymatic and Biomimetic Oxidations of Aromatic Sulfides and Sulfoxides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(94)88382-3

Biomimetic and enzymatic oxidations of benzyl sulfides and sulfoxides lead to products (sulfoxides or sulfones) different from those obtained with bona fide electron transfer oxidations (products of C-H and/or C-S bond cleavage), which suggests the operation of an oxygen transfer machanism.