Methylsulfenyl benzene

Protocol 1 describes the direct complexation of (methylsulfenyl)benzene 1 (Scheme 6.5). 

Synthesis of tricarbonyl[t -(methylsulfenyl)benzene]chromium(0) (Structure 2). Complexation of (methylsuifenyl)benzene (Structure 1) by thermolysis with chromium hexacarbonyl (Scheme 6.5)... 

Inject (methylsulfenyl)benzene 1 (0.5 g, 0.47 mL, 4 mmol) into the reaction flask through the septum on the adapter using a syringe. 

Methylsulfenyl)benzene (thioanisole or methyl phenyl sulfide) is used as obtained from Aldrich. The smell of this sulfide is quite unpleasant. In order to destroy any trace of it, all contaminated glassware should be immersed in a bleach bath. 

The chromium tricarbonyl complex 2 of (methylsulfenyl)benzene is then oxidised to its sulfinyl derivative 3 using dimethyldioxirane (Scheme 6.6). This cyclic peroxide, formed from potassium peroxymonosulfate and acetone and isolated as a 0.09-0.11 M solution in acetone, has undergone... 

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