Thioformaldehyde S-sulfide (Thiosulfine)

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2001 Jan 19;40(2):393-396. doi: 10.1002/1521-3773(20010119)40:2<393::AID-ANIE393>3.0.CO;2-J.

Abstract

Matrix isolation spectroscopy allows the direct identification of ylide 1 and its cyclic isomer 2. They were obtained by pyrolysis of 1,2,4-trithiolane under high vacuum; the cyclic compound forms from 1 by thermal ring closure in a kinetically controlled reaction.

Keywords: ab initio calculations; heterocycles; matrix isolation; photochemistry; sulfur; ylides.