Free Radical Substitution Reactions of Sulfur Monochloride. A Limited Synthesis of Mercaptans

DD Tanner, BG Brownlee

Index: Tanner,D.D.; Brownlee,B.G. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1973 , vol. 51, p. 3366 - 3372

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Abstract

The photolysis of sulfur monochloride with a series of saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons yielded alkyl chlorides, di-and polysulfides, hydrogen chloride, and elemental sulfur. The free radical substitution reactions leading to the production of alkyl chloride and the di-and polysulfides were shown to proceed via a chlorine atom abstraction reaction. The major products, the di-and polysulfides could be transformed quantitatively, by lithium aluminum ...