Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Catalylic transformations of thiiranes by the W(CO){sub 5} grouping. A new route to cyclic polydisulfides

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja960460l· OSTI ID:420722
; ;  [1]
  1. Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)

This paper reports some interesting new transformations of thiirane, 2(R),3(S)-dimethylthiirane (cis-DMT), and 2(R),3(R)(2(S), 3(S))-dimethylthiirane (trans-DMT) by the W(CO){sub 5} group. The reaction of an excess of thiirane with W(CO){sub 5}-(NCMe) leads to the formation of the cyclic polydisulfides (CH{sub 2}-CH{sub 2}SS){sub n}, 1-4, n = 2-5 plus ethylene catalytically. The case of this new catalytic thiirane reaction indicates that it could be a practical route for the synthesis of large quantities of these and other cyclic polydisulfides. 17 refs., 1 fig.

OSTI ID:
420722
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 43 Vol. 118; ISSN JACSAT; ISSN 0002-7863
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English