H. Tohma et al., Novel catalytic asymmetric sulfoxidation in water using the hypervalent iodine reagent iodoxybenzene, CHEM PHARM, 48(3), 2000, pp. 445-446
A new catalytic asymmetric oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides in water usi
ng the hypervalent iodine(V) reagent iodoxybenzene (PhIO2) has been develop
ed, This methodology is distinctly different from the previously reported u
se of cyclodextrins or biological catalysts and provides a new route to asy
mmetric sulfoxidation in water.