Cy. Jia et al., A new approach to 4-alkylthio-1,3-dithiole-2-thione: An unusual reaction of a zinc complex of 1,3-dithole-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate, ORG LETT, 3(12), 2001, pp. 1941-1944
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A new and facile approach to 4-alkylthio-1,3-dithiole-2-thione starting fro
m easily accessible reactants was described, This approach was based on the
unusual reaction of a zinc complex of 1,3-dithiole-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate
with electrophilic reagents in the presence of 3-picolyl chloride hydrochl
oride/or 4-picolyl chloride hydrochloride/or pyridine hydrochloride.