Thioacetic acid (TAA) has been subjected to dichlorovinylation with tr
ichloroethene (TCE) under free-radical conditions to form 1-acetylthio
-2,2-dichloroethene 1 (yield 70%) which reacts with TAA at room temper
ature under phase-transfer catalysis conditions to afford a mixture of
E- and Z-isomers of 1,2-bis(acetylthio)-2-chloroethene 2 (total yield
71%); ethylthio(chloro)ethyne with sodium thioacetate gives acetylthi
o(ethylthio)ethyne 3.