Abstract
The nanoporous chromium carboxylate MIL-101 with coordinatively unsaturated chromium sites has been shown to be active in the sulfoxidation of aryl sulfides with H2O2 to selectively produce the corresponding sulfoxides. Interestingly, the electron-releasing groups in the oxygenation reaction of para-X-phenylmethyl sulfoxides (X-Ph-S-CH3, X = CH3, H, NO2, and CN) enhanced the oxidation reactivity in 1:1 mixtures of X-Ph-S-CH3:H-Ph-S-CH3. Moreover, the 18O-labeled experiments to understand the source of oxygen in sulfoxide products proved that the oxygen atom in the sulfoxide product was entirely derived from H2O2.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 249-253 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Applied Catalysis A: General |
Volume | 358 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 May 2009 |
Keywords
- Coordinatively unsaturated metal site (CUS)
- HO
- Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
- MIL-101
- Sulfoxidation