Abstract
This review presents a systematic and comprehensive survey of the methods of preparation, structural studies, chemical reactivities and synthetic potentiality of dithiols.
1 Introduction
2 Synthesis
2.1 Synthesis of 1,2-Dithiolanes
2.2 Synthesis of 1,2-Dithiols
2.3 Synthesis of 1,3-Dithiolanes
2.4 Synthesis of 1,3-Dithiols
2.5 Synthesis of Fused Ring 1,2- and 1,3-Dithiols
2.5.1 Synthesis of Dithiols Fused with a Five-Membered Ring
with One Heteroatom
2.5.2 Synthesis of Dithiols Fused with a Five-Membered Ring
with Two Heteroatoms
2.5.3 Synthesis of Dithiols Fused with a Six-Membered Ring
with One Heteroatom
3 Synthesis of Dithiolium Salts
4 Synthesis of Benzodithiols
5 Chemistry of 1,2- and 1,3-Dithiolanes and -Dithiols
5.1 Chemistry of 1,2-Dithiolanes
5.2 Chemistry of 1,2-Dithiols
5.3 Chemistry of 1,3-Dithiolanes
5.4 Chemistry of 1,3-Dithiols
6 Chemistry of Dithiolium Salts
7 Chemistry of Benzodithiols
Key words
1,2-dithiolanes - 1,2-dithiols - 1,3-dithiolanes - 1,3-dithiols - benzodithiols - sulfur heterocycles - catalysis
