title: Ti(IV)-amino triphenolate complexes as effective catalysts for sulfoxidation.
abstract: C(3)-symmetric Ti(IV) amino triphenolate complexes efficiently catalyze, without previous activation and in excellent yields, the oxidation of sulfides at room temperature, using both CHP and the more environment friendly aqueous hydrogen peroxide as terminal oxidants, with catalyst loadings down to 0.01%. The Ti(IV) catalysts and the intermediate Ti(IV)-peroxo complexes have been characterized in solution by (1)H NMR and ESI-MS techniques and via density functional studies.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mba
authors.forename: Leonard J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Prins
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zonta
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cametti
authors.forename: Arto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valkonen
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rissanen
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Licini