Abstract
(Organylthio)chloroacetylenes react with aliphatic 1,2-dithiols in dimethyl sulfoxide at 20–25°C in the presence of a two-fold molar excess of alkali to form 2-[(alkylthio)methyliden]-1,3-dithiolanes in up to 66% yield.
Financial support from the Ministry of Industry, Science and Technologies of Russian Federation (grants no. NSH-2241.2003.3 and no.MK-1194.2003.03) is gratefully acknowledged.