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Synfacts 2010(12): 1440-1440  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258915
Polymer-Supported Synthesis
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An Iron Metal-Organic Framework Catalyst for Thiol Oxidation

Contributor(s): Yasuhiro Uozumi, Yoichi M. A. Yamada, Shaheen M. Sarkar
A. Dhakshinamoorthy, M. Alvaro, H. Garcia*
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
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22 November 2010 (online)

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Significance

The aerobic oxidation of various thiols was catalyzed by commercially available Fe(BTC) (BTC: 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate) to give the corresponding disulfides with up to 98% yield, where no over-oxidation products were obtained.