GENERATION OF SINGLET DIATOMIC SULFUR FROM 9,10-EPIDITHIO-9,10-DIHYDROANTHRACENE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)96937-5

The novel 9,10-epidithio-9,10-dihydroanthracene (2a) was formed as an intermediate in the reaction of 9,10-dihydro-9,10-(1,3-epidithio-2-methano-2-p-methoxyphenyl-1-oxide)propanoanthracene (3) with perchloric acid.Singlet diatomic sulfur was generated from endodisulfide 2a and trapped with conjugated dienes.