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While the titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1)-tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP)
combination exhibits remarkable activity and selectivity in the oxida
tive cleavage of the C-C double bond of silyl enol ethers to produce d
icarboxylic acids, the chemoselective oxidation of thioethers to sulfo
xides without generation of sulfones is achieved using chromium silica
lite-2 (CrS-2)-H2O2.