The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Preparation of ketene thioacetals from dithioic acid dianions

FE Ziegler, CM Chan

Index: Ziegler,F.E.; Chan,C.M. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1978 , vol. 43, p. 3065 - 3066

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 17

Abstract

The dithioic acids are conveniently prepared by quenching the appropriate Grignard reagent with carbon di~ ulfide.~ By this procedure the dithioic acids can be obtained in yields of 40- 7096, except in the case of la which is prepared in 20% yield. In spite of the diminished yield in the latter case, the ready availability of the starting reagents overcomes this difficulty.