Ms. Garley et G. Stedman, AN UNUSUAL REACTIVITY PATTERN IN THE KINETICS OF NITROSYL HALIDE CATALYZED NITROSATION OF THIOUREA AND TETRAMETHYLTHIOUREA, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (9), 1996, pp. 420-421
The chloride, bromide and thiocyanate catalysed S-nitrosation of (NH2)
(2)CS and (NMe(2))(2)CS show the unusual reactivity sequence NCS(-)app
roximate to Br(-)greater than or equal to Cl- because the reactivity o
f thiourea and its tetramethyl derivative are sufficiently great to ma
ke the formation of the nitrosyl halide rate determining.