Dipartimento di Chimica, Università “La Sapienza” and Centro CNR di Studio sui Meccanismi di Reazione, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
Abstract:
Biomimetic and enzymatic oxidations of benzyl sulfides and sulfoxides lead to products (sulfoxides or sulfones) different from those obtained with bona fide electron transfer oxidations (products of C---H and/or C---S bond cleavage), which suggests the operation of an oxygen transfer mechanism.