3-Carboxypyridinium chlorochromate - aluminium chloride - An efficient and inexpensive reagent system for the selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides and sulfones in solution and under microwave irradiation

3-Carboxypyridinium chlorochromate (CPCC) in the presence of aluminium chloride is a very efficient reagent for the selective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxide and sulfones in solution and under microwave irradiation. It is noteworthy that different functional groups including carbon-carbon double bonds, ketones, oximes, aldehydes, ethers, and acetals were tolerated under these reaction conditions.