Cyclopropyl organyl sulfides

Conclusions Three methods were developed for the synthesis of cyclopropyl organyl sulfides, which are based on the reaction of cyclopropyl halides with either thiols or alkali metal thiolates in a superbasic medium, the reaction of cyclopropyllithium with diorganyl disulfides, and the reaction of cyclopropyl alkyl sulfides with lithium in liquid ammonia and subsequent reaction with organic bromo derivatives. In contrast, the cleavage of cyclopropyl aryl sulfides leads to the formation of lithium arylthiolates.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 1664–1667, July, 1983.