Abstract
A variety of indolyl-2/3-methylsulfides tethered with sensitive functionalities were oxidized to the corresponding sulfoxides using a hitherto unexplored HF/H2O2 system.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi (01-(2071)/06/EMR-II)) for the financial support. Authors thank Department of Science and Technology-Fund for Improvement of Science and Technology (DST-FIST) for 300 MHz NMR facility.
Notes
a Isolated yield after column chromatography.