Chemistry Letters, Vol.31, No.1, 90-91, 2002
Novel synthesis and thermal ring fission of 7-aryl-1,2,3,4,5,7-pentathiazocanes
Treatment of 1,5,3,7-dithiadiazocanes 1 with bromine-elemental sulfur or disulfur dichloride (S2Cl2) afforded 1,2,3,4,5,7-pentathiazocanes 3, and heating of 3 caused unusual thermal ring fission to give an inseparable mixture of polysulfide chains bearing a thioformamide moiety on each terminal.