Synlett 2010(10): 1572-1573  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219938
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Thiocarbonylthio Compounds

Niranjan Yeole*
School of Chemical Sciences, North Maharashtra University, ­Jalgaon 425 001, Maharashtra, India
e-Mail: niranjan.yeole@gmail.com;
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Publication Date:
25 May 2010 (online)

Introduction

Thiocarbonylthio compounds consist mainly of thioesters, trithiocarbonates, xanthates, and dithiocarba­mates. They undergo saponification, alcoholysis or amino­lysis in the same way as carbonates, carbamates and carboxylic esters. Xanthates and dithiocarbamates concern vulcanization of rubber and in formulation of insecticides and fungicides for plant protection. Also, these compounds are used as agents for the reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) in controlled polymer synthesis. Thiocarbonylthio compounds can be achieved in moderate to high yield by heating a bis(thiocarbonyl) disulfide with an azo compound. [¹]