Oxidation of thiols to disulfides

Description: When treated with an oxidizing agent such as iodine or molecular oxygen, thiols can be converted to disulfides.
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Notes: Other bases besides NaOH can be used here.

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Mechanism: Deprotonation of thiol by base (Step 1, arrows A and B) leads to the more nucleophilic sulfide, which then attacks iodine (Step 2, arrows C and D). Now that there is a good leaving group on sulfur, a second equivalent of sulfide can attack the sulfur (Step 3, arrows E and F) giving the disulfide.

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