Oxidation of a mustard gas analogue using an aldehyde/O2 system catalyzed by V-doped mesoporous silica.

J Am Chem Soc

University of Vermont, Department of Chemistry, 82 University Place, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.

Published: October 2008

Vanadium-doped mesoporous silica was shown to be an effective heterogeneous catalyst for the oxidation of a mustard gas analogue, 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (CEES), in the presence of an aldehyde and molecular oxygen. The oxidation was shown to involve a radical mechanism, which was indicated by the appearance of an induction period when the reaction occurred in the presence of a free radical scavenger. The reaction was initially selective for the oxidation of CEES to the sulfoxide, CEESO, although oxidation of the sulfoxide to the sulfone occurred once all the CEES had been oxidized. Chemical analysis indicated that V species did not leach from the silica support when the reaction was performed in the fluorinated solvent HFE-7100.

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