3340 Jilek, Metysova, Pomykacek, Protiva: of alcohols XII with thionyl chloride in the presence of pyridine resulted in 2-(4calkylthiophenylthio) benzyl chlorides XIII (method C). Chlorides XIIIb-XIIId were converted in a reaction with sodium cyanide in aqueous ethanol to nitriles XIVb to XIVd (method D); for the conversion of chloride XIIIe to nitrile XIVe sodium cyanide in dimethylformamide was used. Preparation of the dodecylthio derivatives was ...