Aziridinemethanol sulfonate esters react with tetrathiomolybdate 1 to give thiirane derivatives as the major product and cyclic disulfides as minor product under mild reaction conditions via an unprecedented thia-aza-Payne-type rearrangement. Interestingly, when the reaction of 1 was carried out with 2-aziridino-cyclohexanol derivatives it resulted in the formation of thia-bicyclo [3.1. 1] heptane or dithia-bicyclo [3.2. 1] octane derivatives.
![Benzenesulfonamide,4-methyl-N-[1-methyl-2-[[(4-methylphenyl)sulfonyl]oxy]-1-[[[(4-methylphenyl)sulfonyl]oxy]methyl]ethyl]- Structure](https://image.chemsrc.com/caspic/343/10405-52-4.png)