Iron??Catalyzed Oxidation of Thioethers by Iodosylarenes: Stereoselectivity and Reaction Mechanism

KP Bryliakov, EP Talsi

Index: Bryliakov, Konstantin P.; Talsi, Evgenii P. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2007 , vol. 13, # 28 p. 8045 - 8050

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 58

Abstract

Abstract Catalytic properties of a series of iron (III)–salen (salen= N, N′-bis (salicylidene) ethylenediamine dianion) and related complexes in asymmetric sulfoxidation reactions, with iodosylarenes as terminal oxidants, have been explored. These catalysts have been found to efficiently catalyze oxidation of alkyl aryl sulfides to sulfoxides with high chemoselectivity (up to 100%) and moderate-to-high enantioselectivity (up to 84% with ...