“…A plausible mechanism for this transformation is shown in Scheme 4 , on the basis of the literature works. 23 A comparison for the efficiency of the catalytic activity of CoFe 2 O 4 -DAN-Cu( ii ) for the oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides ( Table 7 , entries 1–7), synthesis of symmetrical sulfides ( Table 7 , entries 8–11), and oxidative coupling of thiols to disulfides ( Table 7 , entries 12–15) with several previously reported methods is presented. Recently, the use of Co@SiO 2 [(EtO) 3 Si–L 3 ]/Mn( iii ) ( Table 7 , entry 1), FeNi 3 /SiO 2 ( Table 7 , entry 3), Mn( iii )-binapthyl Schiff base diamine-SBA-15 ( Table 7 , entry 4), K 6 H 8 [(SeV 10 O 28 (SeO 3 ) 3 ) 2 (M(H 2 O) 4 )]·24H 2 O ( Table 7 , entry 5), VO-TAPT-2,3-DHTA COF ( Table 7 , entry 6), CuFe 2 O 4 ( Table 7 , entry 12), Pd-isatin Schiff base@KIT-6 ( Table 7 , entry 13), and TiO(O 2 CCF 3 )/NaI/thiol ( Table 7 , entry 14) was reported for oxidation reactions.…”