Reactions of phenyl acetyl chloride and p-methylbenzoyl chloride with ammonium salt of alkylene dithiophosphates in a 1:1 molar ratio in refluxing benzene solution yields nonvolatile dark yellow- or brown-colored viscous liquids of the type S
2
R (R = ─OCCH
2
C
6
H
5
, ─OCC
6
H
4
CH
3
, G = ─CMe
2
CMe
2
─, ─CH
2
CH
2
CHMe─, ─CH
2
(CH
2
)
2
CH
2
─, and ─CMe
2
CH
2
CHMe─). The compounds thus obtained are hygroscopic and monomeric in nature. The newly synthesized compounds have been characterized by physicochemical and spectroscopic techniques (MW, IR, NMR [
1
H &
31
P]).
Notes
a s = singlet; d = doublet; m = mulplet.