Abstract
The chemistry of bis(sulfoxides) is discussed from two starting materials, (Ss,Ss)-bis-p-tolylsulfinylmethane and (Ss,Ss)-bis-p-tolylsulfinyl alkylidenes. Reactions presented include Michael additions, ionic-radical crossover processes and coordination complexes formations.
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank CNRS, UPMC, the ANR BLAN “Radicaux Verts” and “CREDOX”, DGA, Fondation de Gif, and IUF for financial support. They also thank Lise-Marie Chamoreau, Partrick Herson, and Jacqueline Vaisserman (UPMC) for the X-ray structure determinations.