Treatment of allylic alcohols with thiophosgene and pyridine gives thiolo c
hloroformates directly at room temperature, presumably via very rapid [3,3]
sigmatropic rearrangements of thiono chloroformates. Synthesis of allyl th
iono chloroformate from allyl alcohol, sodium hydride and thiophosgene at l
ow temperature and warming up to room temperature supports this finding. (C
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