Chemical conversions using sheet silicates: novel intermolecular eliminations of hydrogen sulphide from thiols

…, RM O'Neil, H Purnell, M Rayanakorn…

Index: Ballantine, James A.; Galvin, Robert P.; O'Neil, Robert M.; Purnell, Howard; Rayanakorn, Mongkon; Thomas, John M. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1981 , # 14 p. 695 - 696

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Abstract

Aliphatic primary and secondary thiols react in the interlamellar layers of ion-exchanged montmorillonite catalysts to produce dialkyl sulphides via intermolecular elimination of hydrogen sulphide; similar processes result in the production of diphenyl sulphide from benzenethiol and poly (phenylenemethylene) from α-toluenethiol.