The generation and trapping of thiobenzaldehyde and thioacetaldehyde
Abstract
Thiobenzaldehyde and thioacetaldehyde have been generated by thermolysis of alkyl thiosulphinates under preparatively useful conditions and trapped with aromatic and aliphatic 1,3-dienes, the adducts with anthracene being convenient and high yielding sources of such thioaldehydes; thiobenzaldehyde has been shown to undergo the ‘ene’ reaction.