Bis p-methoxyphenyl telluroxides as a mild and selective oxidizing reagent

1 Bis(p-methoxyphenyl) telluroxides as a mild and selective oxidizing reagent 

The oxidation reactions discussed below are well established. 

1 Conversion of thio- and selenocarbonyl compounds into their oxo analogues 

Thiocamphor, under similar conditions, furnishes a vinylic disulphide as the major product (70%), which slowly undergoes a hetero-Cope rearrangement.  

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