Recent works on photosensitized oxygenation of organosulfur compounds are reviewed. In singlet oxygen oxidation of the designed sulfur compounds, the active oxidizing species much stronger than singlet oxygen itself and primary intermediates such as persulfoxide and thiadioxirane are formed as secondary intermediates, in which new types of active oxidizing species such as peroxysulfenic acid,
S-hydroperoxysulfonium ylide,
S-hydroperoxysulfurane and bis (alkanesulfenyl) peroxide are reported. These active oxidizing species can be used for an effective epoxidation of olefins. The current research interests in photosensitized oxygenation of organoselenium and organophosphorus compounds are also presented.
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