The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Novel redox reactions between diaryl disulfides and iodoarenes

ZY Wang, G Bonanno, AS Hay

Index: Wang, Z. Y.; Bonanno, G.; Hay, A. S. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 57, # 9 p. 2751 - 2753

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Abstract

Introduction Thermolysis of diphenyl disulfide at high temperatures (ca 250" C) produces diphenyl sulfide and elemental sulfur (eq l). l Diphenyl disulfide can also be formed by heating diphenyl sulfide with an excess of sulfur.'However, we have recently found that in the presence of iodobenzene thermolysis of diphenyl disulfide yielded diphenyl sulfide and elemental iodine (eq 2). 2 Iodoarenes do not form iodine under the same thermolysis ...