Asymmetric oxidation of sulfides catalyzed by vanadium(IV) complexes of dibromo- and diiodo-functionalized chiral Schiff bases

• The catalyst system of VO(acac)(2) and Schiff base ligands derived from 3,5-dibromo- or 3,5-diiodosalicylaldehyde and inexpensive chiral amino alcohols was prepared. This catalyst displayed good yields and moderate to high enantioselectivity for the asymmetric oxidation of aryl methyl sulfides at room temperature when 1% catalyst (VO(acac)(2)/ligand molar ratio of 1: 2) and H2O2 Oxidant were used. The ligands derived from ( S)valinol exhibited considerably higher enantioselectivity than those ligands derived from ( S)-phenylalaninol and (R)-leucinol. The enantiomeric excess values were improved up to 88% for methyl phenyl sulfoxide and 92% for methyl p-bromophenyl sulfoxide by slow dropwise addition of H2O2 with the ligand prepared from 3 15-diiodosalicylaldehyde and (s)-valinol. The present study showed that the catalytic efficiency of VO(acac)(2) /Schiff base systems could not be improved by the addition of carboxylic acids or carboxylate salts.

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bromine

iodine

Schiff base

chiral sulfoxide

vanadium

thioether

asymmetric oxidation

aqueous hydrogen-peroxide

tert-butyl disulfide

enantioselective oxidation

sulfoxides

h2o2

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