Carbon nanotube–ruthenium hybrid towards mild oxidation of sulfides to sulfones: efficient synthesis of diverse sulfonyl compounds

Renata Almeida (1) , Renato de Carvalho (1) , Mateus Nunes (1) , Roberto Gomes (2) , Leandro Pedrosa (3) , Carlos de Simone (4) , Elumalai Gopi (5) , Valérie Geertsen (6) , Edmond Gravel (5) , Eric Doris (5) , Eufrânio da Silva Júnior (1)

1 Institute of Exact Sciences
2 Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology [Harvard]
3 Fluminense Federal University [Niterói]
4 Sao Carlos Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo
5 SCBM - Service de Chimie Bio-Organique et de Marquage
6 LIONS - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire sur l'Organisation Nanométrique et Supramoléculaire

A heterogeneous catalyst was assembled with ruthenium nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes and used in a mild oxidation method to prepare sulfones from sulfides. The system proved very efficient on the investigated substrates and the products were obtained in high yields.

Domains: Chemical Sciences

Renata Almeida, Renato de Carvalho, Mateus Nunes, Roberto Gomes, Leandro Pedrosa, et al.. Carbon nanotube–ruthenium hybrid towards mild oxidation of sulfides to sulfones: efficient synthesis of diverse sulfonyl compounds. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2019, ⟨10.1039/C9CY00384C⟩. ⟨cea-02126989⟩