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A General Procedure for the Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides by Nitric Acid: Tetrabromoaurate(III) Catalyst in a Biphasic System
Gasparrini, Francesco,Giovannoli, Mario,Misiti, Domenico,Natile, Giovanni,Palmieri, Gianni
, p. 1323 - 1328 (2007/10/02)
Tetrabromoaurate(III) is an efficient catalyst for the oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides by nitric acid in a biphasic system (nitromethane/water).The system is selective and can be applied to the oxidation of any type of dialkyl and alkyl aryl sulfide and also of diaryl sulfides activated by electron-releasing substituents.The nature of the active species has been investigated in relation to the mechanistic aspects.
