Manganese(III)-Catalysed Oxidation of Sulphides with Sodium Chlorite in an Aprotic Solvent in the Presence of Alumina |
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| Authors: | Masao Hirano Shigetaka Yakabe James H. Clark Hiroyuki Kudo Takashi Morimoto |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Technology , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , Koganei, Tokyo, 184, Japan;2. Department of Chemistry , University of York , Heslington, York, UK , YO1 5DD |
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| Abstract: | A wide variety of sulphides can be readily converted to the corresponding sulphoxides in good to excellent yields by treatment with a combination of sodium chlorite, (salen)manganese(III) complex, and chromatographic alumina in dichloromethane under mild and neutral conditions. |
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