Np. Argade et al., INFLUENCE OF AN OXIDIZING IMPURITY ON PREPARATION OF 2-LITHO-1,3-DITHIANE - ISOLATION OF BIS[2-(1,3-DITHIANYL)]METHANOL, Synthetic communications, 26(15), 1996, pp. 2797-2802
Bis-dithianylalkanols and dimers are formed in preparation of 2-lithio
-1,3-dithianes due to the presence of oxidising impurity in n-BuLi (pe
rhaps n-BuOOLi).