K. Goto et al., SYNTHESIS OF A STABLE SULFENIC ACID BY OXIDATION OF A THIOL BEARING ANOVEL BOWL-TYPE SUBSTITUENT AND ITS REDOX REACTIONS, Phosphorus, sulfur and silicon and the related elements, 120, 1997, pp. 325-326
A stable sulfenic acid bearing a novel bowl-type substituent was synth
esized by direct oxidation of a thiol, and its structure was determine
d by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The redox reactions of a sulfeni
c acid to a thiol and to a sulfinic acid, for which only those of tran
sient species have been reported so far, were also demonstrated conclu
sively.