Metal-free air oxidation of thiols in recyclable ionic liquid: A simple and efficient method for the synthesis of disulfides

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2661-2665

  Singh, Devender ^a   Galetto, Fábio Z ^a,b   Soares, Letiére C ^a   Rodrigues, Oscar E Dorneles ^a   Braga, Antonio Luiz ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disulfides; Ionic liquids; Oxidation; Thiols

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951848140     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201000126     Document Type: Article

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