Synthesis of 2-acetamidoethyl thiolsulfonates was studied as typifying alkyl arenethiolsulfonates and alkyl alkanethiolsulfonates, and also because of the possibility that the products would protect against ionizing radiation. Of numerous approaches examined, the most general was by reaction of a sulfonyl iodide and a silver thiolate; preparations were developed for requisite alkanesulfonyl iodides, a class hitherto unknown, and for a ...
