The first example of direct oxidation of sulfides to sulfones by an osmate molecular oxygen system.
Osmate-exchanged Mg-Al layered double hydroxides catalysed the delivery of two oxygen atoms simultaneously via a 3 + 1 cycloaddition to sulfide to form sulfone directly for the first time, reminiscent of 3 + 2 cycloaddition in asymmetric dihydroxylation reactions.
Choudary
Boyapati M
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Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500007, India. choudary@iict.ap.nic.in
Reddy
Chinta Reddy V
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Prakash
Billakanti V
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Kantam
Mannepalli L
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Sreedhar
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