Mild and Efficient Reduction of Sulfoxides to Sulfides with Titanium Tetrachloride–Indium System

Abstract

TiCl₄/In system was found to be a new reagent for reducing various sulfoxides to the corresponding sulfides in good yields under mild conditions.

Keywords:

• Sulfoxide
• Sulfide
• Titanium
• Indium

Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by the Korea University Grant and we are thankful to Korea Institute of Science and Technology for providing general facilities for this work.