ANODIC ACTIVATION OF SULFUR IN ORGANIC-SOLVENTS

The electro-oxidation of sulfur in polar organic media is reported at room temperature, the first such report under these conditions. Electr oanalytical techniques such as current-potential curves, coulometry, a nd mirage effect demonstrated the formation of an electrophilic specie s S2+ (consumption of sixteen moles of electrons per mole of S8). At r oom temperature S2+ appears sufficiently stable in solution to be used as a reagent to prepare thio-organic compounds in the presence of nuc leophiles.