A study of the reaction of sulfur with organic compounds

The reaction of sulfur with isomeric exo-polychloro derivatives of iso- and n-propylbenzenes containing from 4 to 6 chlorine atoms in the side chain at 200°–300° C has been studied. The reaction of sulfur with α, β, β, β′-tetrachloro- and α, β, β, β′, β′-pentachlorocumenes leads to the formation of the previously unknown thianaphtheno-[2, 3-d]-1, 2-dithiole-3-thione (yield 48%) and thionaphtheno[2,3-d]-3-chloro-1, 2-dithiolium chloride (yield 65%), respectively. The sulfuration reaction of the isomeric exo-tetrachloro-and exo-pentachloro-n-propylbenzenes leads to the formation of 4-chloro-5-phenyl-1, 2-dithiole-3-thione (yield 5–35%). The exo-hexachloro derivatives of iso- and n-bromobenzenes, on being heated with sulfur, form only resinous sulfuration products.