Common intermediate experiment results of DBTO, 1, and 6 with toluene.
Sulphoxide | Product yields (%) | Ratio (o-cresol and m/p-cresols) | Total toluene oxidation % yield | |||
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Benzaldehyde | Benzyl alcohol | o-Cresol | m & p-Cresolc | |||
DBTOa | 3 ± 1 | 5 ± 1 | 20 ± 1 | 18 ± 1 | 1.1 | 46 ± 2 |
DBTOb | 8.4 ± 0.7 | 7.4 ± 5.1 | 24 ± 2 | 17 ± 1 | 1.4 | 57 ± 6 |
1a | 1.7 ± 0.4 | 3.4 ± 0.6 | 5.5 ± 0.3 | 2.7 ± 0.2 | 2 | 13.3 ± 0.8 |
1b | 1.6 ± 1.4 | 2.4 ± 0.8 | 2.1 ± 0.2 | 1.4 ± 0.2 | 1.5 | 7.5 ± 1.6 |
6b | 2.3 ± 0.3 | 2.9 ± 0.1 | 3.1 ± 0.6 | 2.1 ± 0.1 | 1.5 | 10.4 ± 0.7 |