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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Inorg Chem Commun. 2015 Sep 1;59:71–75. doi: 10.1016/j.inoche.2015.07.002

Table 1.

Oxidation catalysis screening results for manganese(II), iron(II), and copper(II) complexes of 3, in comparison to Mn(Me2EBC)Cl2.

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Complex Conversion % Yield % Sulfoxide Yield % Sulfone
Mn(Me2EBC)Cl2 99.8 44.3 46.5
[Mn(3)Cl]+ 8.3 0.2 0.02
[Fe(3)]2+ 15.6 9.7 2.9
[Cu(3)]2+ 6.1 3.4 1.9
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Complex Conversion % Yield % Benzene
Mn(Me2EBC)Cl2 86.2 71.4
[Mn(3)Cl]+ 23.1 3.5
[Fe(3)]2+ 44.5 23.6
[Cu(3)]2+ 29.6 4