Highly efficient oxidation of sulfides to sulfones with tetra-n-butylammonium hydrogen monopersulfate catalyzed by beta-tri-and tetra-brominated meso-tetraphenylporphyrinatomanganese(III) acetate

Ghaemi A; Rayati S; Zakavi S; Safari N

Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol.353, No.2, 154-159, 2009

DOI10.1016/j.apcata.2008.10.043 Export Citation

Highly efficient oxidation of sulfides to sulfones with tetra-n-butylammonium hydrogen monopersulfate catalyzed by beta-tri-and tetra-brominated meso-tetraphenylporphyrinatomanganese(III) acetate

Ghaemi A, Rayati S, Zakavi S, Safari N

beta-tri- and tetrabrominated meso-Tetraphenylporphyrinatomanganese(III) acetate as electron deficient Mn-porphyrins are efficient catalysts for chemoselective oxidation of sulfides to the corresponding sulfones with tetra-n-butylammonium hydrogen monopersulfate in the presence of imidazole. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords:Electron-deficient Mn(III)-porphyrin;Oxidation;Tetra-n-Butylammonium hydrogen monopersulfate;Sulfone