Recent Progress in the Selective Oxidation of Sulfides withHydrogen Peroxide

Sulfoxides and sulfones have broad applications in pharmaceutical agents and pesticide due to their biologically activities and they are important synthetic intermediates in C-C bond formation and various molecular rearrangements.The selective oxidation of sulfides is a straightforward and frequently used method to obtain sulfoxides and sulfones.Among various oxidizing agents, hydrogen peroxide as benign oxidant has attracted organic chemists' attention for a long time.This review summarizes the recent and important catalytic systems of metal and nonmetal in this area.The catalytic effect of different catalytic systems is briefly discussed herein.