Mild and highly chemoselective oxidation of thioethers mediated by Sc(OTf)3

Organic Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-237

  Matteucci, Mizio ^a   Bhalay, Gurdip ^b   Bradley, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Novartis Pharma   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECYSTEINE; SCANDIUM; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; OXIDATION; SOLID; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0141518361     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol026947i     Document Type: Article

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