Photosensitized Electron Transfer Oxidation of Sulfides: A Steady??State Study

SM Bonesi, M Fagnoni, A Albini

Index: Bonesi, Sergio M.; Fagnoni, Maurizio; Albini, Angelo European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008 , # 15 p. 2612 - 2620

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Abstract

Abstract The photosensitized electron-transfer oxidation of a series of ethyl sulfides RSEt (1, R= C 12 H 25; 2, PhCH 2 CH 2; 3, PhCH 2; 4, PhCMe 2; 5, Ph 2 CH) has been examined in acetonitrile and the product distribution discussed on the basis of the mechanisms proposed. In nitrogen-flushed solutions, cleaved alcohols and alkenes are formed, whereas under oxygen, in reactions that are 10–70 times faster, sulfoxides and cleaved aldehydes ...