Oligomerization of 1, 2??Ethanedithiol: An Expedient Approach to Oligothiaethylenethioglycols

D Berkovich??Berger, NG Lemcoff…

Index: Berkovich-Berger, Dvora; Lemcoff, N. Gabriel; Abramson, Sarah; Grabarnik, Mikhail; Weinman, Sarah; Fuchs, Benzion Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010 , vol. 16, # 21 p. 6365 - 6373

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Abstract

Abstract Reactions of ethylenedithioglycol (ETG) with Na 2 CO 3, K 2 CO 3, and Cs 2 CO 3 provided the oligothiaethylenethioglycols (nETG): di-(DETG), tri-(TrETG), tetra-(TETG), and pentathiaethylenethioglycol (PETG), along with higher polymers. The most efficient carbonate was K 2 CO 3 and reactions using DETG and TrETG as starting materials—or their mixtures—were also found to afford similar species. This largely unknown ...