1-Mercaptopropyltrimethylammonium iodide (A) is unaltered by aqueous sodium hydroxide at 90" or by potassium t-butoxide in refluxing t-butyl alcohol; with dry potassium t-butoxide at 180" l-methylmercapto-3-dimethylaminopropane (C) is formed. Aqueous sodium hydroxide at 150" gave propionic acid, trimethylamine, methanol, and a polymer corresponding to (CH2CH~ CH2S) r. Trimethylene sulfide is not an intermediate in the reaction. The 1- ...
