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Synthesis 2007(21): 3286-3289
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-990800
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-990800
SHORTPAPER
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkA Mild and Environmentally Benign Oxidation of Thiols to Disulfides
Further Information
Received
14 September 2006
Publication Date:
21 September 2007 (online)
Publication History
Publication Date:
21 September 2007 (online)

Abstract
Thiols were effectively oxidized into disulfides by reacting with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalytic amount of iodide ion or iodine.
Key words
thiol - disulfide - oxidative coupling - hydrogen peroxide - iodide catalyst
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