Metal- and additive-free oxidation of a series of sulfides/thioketones has been achieved using cyclic diacyl peroxides as mild oxygen sources. This protocol features simple manipulation, high chemo- and diastereoselectivity, and a broad substrate scope (up to 42 examples), tolerates many common functional groups, and is scalable and applicable to the late-stage sulfoxidation strategy. A preliminary mechanistic study by quantum mechanical calculations suggests that a single two-electron transfer process is energetically more favorable, and indicates the reactivity of cyclic diacyl peroxides distinct from conventional acyclic acyl peroxides.

An efficient strategy for the deoxygenation of sulfoxides and amine N‐oxides by using B(C6F5)3 and hydrosilanes was developed. This method provided the corresponding aromatic and aliphatic products in good to high yields and showed good functional‐group tolerance under mild conditions.

An efficient oxidant named 2,2'-diperoxyphenic acid was newly developed, which exhibited high stability revealed by the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) coupled with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). When applying this reagent in...

A novel metal-free approach to directly synthesize α-acyloxy sulfides from readily available alkyl sulfides utilizing hypervalent (diacyloxyiodo)benzene and TBAB reagent combination was developed.