Issue 6, 2013
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Green Chemistry

Synthesis of disulfides by laccase-catalyzed oxidative coupling of heterocyclic thiols†

Heba T. Abdel-Mohsen,a   Kavitha Sudheendran,a   Jürgen Conrada  and  Uwe Beifuss*a  

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a Bioorganische Chemie, Institut für Chemie, Universität Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 30, Stuttgart, Germany
E-mail: ubeifuss@uni-hohenheim.de
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Abstract

A new method employing a laccase–mediator system as the catalyst and aerial oxygen as the oxidant has been developed for the oxidative coupling of heterocyclic thiols to the corresponding disulfides with yields up to 95% under mild reaction conditions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3GC40106E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Jan 2013
Accepted
16 Apr 2013
First published
16 Apr 2013

Green Chem., 2013,15, 1490-1495

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Synthesis of disulfides by laccase-catalyzed oxidative coupling of heterocyclic thiols

H. T. Abdel-Mohsen, K. Sudheendran, J. Conrad and U. Beifuss, Green Chem., 2013, 15, 1490 DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40106E

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