Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

The reaction of sulfur dioxide with thiols catalyzed by boron trifluoride etherate. Evidence for a possible intervention of dithiosulfite as a reaction intermediate

F Akiyama

Index: Akiyama Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1983 , vol. 56, # 9 p. 2657 - 2660

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Abstract

The reaction of sulfur dioxide (SO 2) with 1-propanethiol (NPT), 2-propanethiol (IPT), or 2- methyl-2-propanethiol (TBT) catalyzed by boron trifluoride ethrate (BF 3 OEt 2) was investigated. The ratios of dialkyl trisulfide to dialkyl disulfide obtained (RSSSR/RSSR) at an early stage of the reaction were larger than 1 for the reaction of TBT and less than 1 for the reaction of NPT or IPT. The reaction of dithiosulfites with BF 3 OEt 2 in the presence or ...