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B2cat2-Mediated Reduction of Sulfoxides to Sulfides
Takahashi, Fumiya,Nogi, Keisuke,Yorimitsu, Hideki
, p. 3009 - 3012 (2020)
An efficient and operationally simple method for the reduction of sulfoxides to sulfides has been developed using bis(catecholato)diboron (B2cat2) as a reducing agent. The present method accommodates various functional groups which are generally prone to reduction: halides, alkynes, carbonyls, nitriles, and heterocycles are totally intact, and only sulfoxide moieties undergo reduction chemoselectively. Moreover, the remaining diboron and the resulting boron-containing wastes are readily removable, the practicality of this protocol being thus demonstrated.
