Reaction of singlet oxygen with thietane. A novel example of a self-catalyzed reaction which provides evidence for a thiadioxirane intermediate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00144a003

Singlet oxygen reacts with thietane, 1, to give the sulfoxide, 1SO, and a trace of sulfone, 1SO₂. A mechanism which involves a novel substrate catalyzed interconversion of a persulfoxide and thiadioxirane intermediate is proposed. The data whic