Synthesis of cyclic disulfides using didecyldimethylammonium bromide as phase transfer catalyst

SU Sonavane, M Chidambaram, S Khalil, J Almog…

Index: Sonavane, Sachin U.; Chidambaram, Mandan; Khalil, Sanaa; Almog, Joseph; Sasson, Yoel Tetrahedron Letters, 2008 , vol. 49, # 3 p. 520 - 522

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Abstract

A convenient, practical and general method for the synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical cyclic disulfides based on the reaction of sulfur with sodium sulfide in the presence of didecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) as a phase transfer catalyst is described.