Highly efficient electro-oxidative synthesis of sulfoxides: synergistic effect of an optimized copper(ii) complex and covalently functionalized graphene oxide nanohybrid
Elham Khodaei, Amirali Abbasi · 2026
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Elham Khodaei and Amirali Abbasi built a reusable electrocatalyst that turns sulfides into sulfoxides, building blocks prized in medicines such as stomach acid blockers. Their design anchors a copper complex firmly onto graphene oxide sheets, a carbon support, using a chemical coupling step. Anchoring stops the metal from washing away while the support speeds charge movement.
A battery of structural checks, from X-ray crystallography of the copper site's exact geometry to electron microscopy, confirmed the hybrid's build. Run with hydrogen peroxide as a gentle oxidant in ethanol, the system reached full conversion with total selectivity in just over a minute. It then survived six reuse cycles with no detectable metal loss and a very high turnover count. The authors pitch the pairing of molecular precision with industrial toughness as a blueprint for greener chemical manufacturing.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Elham Khodaei, Amirali Abbasi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |