G. Leguillanton et al., ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVATION OF SULFUR-SYNTHESIS OF ORGANIC MONO AND TRISULFIDES WITH A SACRIFICIAL CARBON-SULFUR ANODE, Phosphorus, sulfur and silicon and the related elements, 74(1-4), 1993, pp. 375-376
The electrooxidation of sulfur in organic solvents leads to die format
ion of the cationic species S2+. Macroscale electrolyses are carried o
ut with a sacrificial carbon-sulfur anode. S2+ can react either with a
romatics to give monosulfides by electrophilic substitution, or with n
ucleophiles, thiols for example, to give trisulfides.