title: Factors influencing the selectivity in asymmetric oxidation of sulfides attached to nitrogen containing heterocycles.
abstract: Asymmetric oxidation of heterocyclic sulfides, including imidazole, benzimidazole, indole and pyrimidine derivatives, were studied using a tartrate/Ti((i)OPr)4 catalyst system.
authors.affiliation: Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, Sweden.
authors.forename: Muthu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seenivasaperumal
authors.forename: Hans-Jürgen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Federsel
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ertan
authors.forename: Kálmán J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Szabó
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; D009584:Nitrogen