ABSTRACT
Cobalt phthalocyaninetetrasulphonamide/tetrasodium salt of cobalt tetrasulphophthalocyanine catalyzed oxidation with molecular oxygen form a simple, efficient and environmentally acceptable synthetic tool for the oxidation of thiols to disulphides in excellent yields, under mild conditions and without any side reactions.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We are thankful to the Director IIP, for his kind permission for publishing these results. Suman L. Jain is thankful to CSIR, New Delhi for the award of a research fellowship.