... JavaScript is disabled on your browser. Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. Tetrahedron Letters. Volume 28, Issue 43, 1987, Pages 5193–5194. Cover image Cover image. A facile synthesis of sulfinyl chlorides from thiolacetates. ... Genova Italia. Received 31 July 1987, Available online 5 March 2001. Abstract. Alkyl and aryl thiolacetates are converted smoothly into sulfinyl chlorides by sulfuryl chloride in the presence of acetic anhydride. ...