K. Ogura, Nobuko Katoh, G. Tsuchihashi
Mar 1, 1978
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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract
Treatment of methyl (methylthio)methyl sulfoxide (1) with sodium hydride gave bis(methylthio)(methylsulfinyl)methane (3) which might be formed by abnormal attack of the carbanion (2) of 1 on the sulfide linkage of 1. The additon of butyl iodide to this system completely suppressed the formation of 3, showing that 2 reacts faster with butyl iodide than with 1. The mechanism to account for these phenomena is discussed.