文摘
Sulfoxidation catalysts generated in situ from titanium(IV) isopropoxide and enantiopure Schiff bases promote the enantioselective oxidation of alkyl aryl sulfides to the corresponding sulfoxides at low catalyst loadings (<1 mol % ), 30 % aqueous hydrogen peroxide being the terminal oxidant. Upon screening of several ligands derived from β-aminoalcohols and salicylaldehydes, a catalyst affording sulfoxides with over 90 % chemoselectivity and up to 60 % ee was found, and the kinetics of the catalytic reaction was analyzed by p>1p>H NMR.