High-Temperature Synthesis of Thiophene from Bis(2-chloroethyl) Sulfide

Gas-phase reaction of bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide (Yperite) with acetylene at 550–700°C leads to formation of thiophene in 45% yield, the conversion of the initial sulfide being complete. The yield of thiophene reaches 63–68% in the thermolysis of a mixture of acetylene, bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide, and lower organic disulfides.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 6, 2005, pp. 910–912.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Voronkov, Levanova, Sukhomazova, Russavskaya, Deryagina, Korchevin.