Sb. Nielsen et A. Senning, A COMPOUND PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS TRICHLOROMETHANETHIOL IS IN FACT 1,1,2,2-TETRACHLORO-1,2-ETHANEDISULFENYL DICHLORIDE, Tetrahedron letters, 34(18), 1993, pp. 2973-2974
The reaction of N-(4-methylphenyl)-trichloromethanesulfenamide 2a with
base gives yl-phenyl)-5,5,6,6-tetrachloro-2,3,5,6-tetrahydro- 1.4,2,3
-dithiadiazine 6a, which can be cleaved with HCI to give 1.1,2,2-tetra
chloro-1,2-ethanedisulfenyl chloride 7, and not, respectively, trachlo
ro-2,3,5,6-tetrahydro-1,4,2,5-dithiadiazine 4a and trichloromethanethi
ol S.