Chiral ionic liquids for catalytic enantioselective sulfide oxidation

Franca Bigi, H. Q. Nimal Gunaratne*, Carla Quarantelli, Kenneth R. Seddon

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Abstract

A new class of catalytic ionic liquids, containing chiral tungstate(VI) anions, gives enantiomeric excesses up to 96% for sulfide oxidation to sulfoxides.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)685-687
JournalComptes Rendus Chimie
Volume14
Issue number7-8
Early online date05 Nov 2010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01 Jul 2011

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
K.R.S acknowledges EPSRC (Portfolio Partnership Scheme, grant number EP/D029538/1). C.Q. wishes to thank the Marie-Curie Foundation for providing a fellowship for her to work at QUILL. We acknowledge Dr A. Robertson at Cytec for providing phosphonium salts. Dr J.D. Holbrey is acknowledged for his valuable discussions and Angela Brownlie for her technical support.

Keywords

  • Catalytic enantioselective oxidations
  • Chiral ionic liquids
  • Oxotungstate(VI) anion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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