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Thiirene formation in the reactions of sulfur atoms with alkynes
Verkoczy, Bela,Sherwood, Alden G.,Safarik, Imre,Strausz, Otto P.
, p. 2268 - 2281 (2007/10/02)
The gas phase reactions of S(1D2) and S(3PJ) atoms with alkynes have been studied by photolyzing COS in the presence of CHCH, CF3CCH, and CF3CCCF3.In the reactions with CHCH, CS2, benzene, and thiophene were formed; with CF3CCH, eight products found with disubstituted thiophenes and trisubstituted benzenes as the major products.In the case of CF3CCCF3, only perfluorotetramethylthiophene was detected at low conversion but at long photolysis several new products were observed.Many of the reaction products characterized here have not been reported before.The formation and distribution of the reaction products could be rationalized by an overall mechanism in which the formation of the highly reactive primary adducts, thiirene and thioformylmethylene, is followed by bimolecular reactions yielding the principal end products.The formation of minor products could be explained by secondary photoisomerizations, secondary photolysis, and by secondary decompositions and the secondary reactions of sulfur atoms with primary products.
