PAPER	Synthesis 2004: 1629-1632   DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-829104
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Selective Deoxygenation of Sulfoxides to Sulfides with Phosphites Catalyzed by Dichlorodioxomolybdenum(VI)
Roberto Sanz*, Jaime Escribano, Rafael Aguado, María R. Pedrosa, Francisco J. Arnáiz*
Departamento de Química, Universidad de Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain Fax: +34(94)7258831; e-Mail: rsd@ubu.es; e-Mail: farnaiz@ubu.es;
Received 17 March 2004

Abstract

Chemoselective deoxygenation of sulfoxides to sulfides was carried out by P(OPh)₃ in mild conditions catalyzed by dichlorodioxomolybdenum(VI).

Key words

sulfoxides - sulfides - molybdenum(VI) - oxotransfer - catalysis