We found that the photolysis of 4-tolyl thiolacetate gave 4-tolyl disulfide and methyl 4-tolyl sulfide but no 4-toluenethiol nor any photo-Fries rearrangement.2 Subsequently, Bradshaw and coworkers3 reported the major products of the photolysis of phenyl thiolacetate to be phenyl disulfide, methyl phenyl sulfide, and thio- phenol, which arises from secondary photolysis of phenyl disulfide without the intervention of sol~ent,~ plus minor amounts of the corresponding photo-Fries prod- ...
