posted on 2007-02-27, 00:00authored byJanusz Kowalczyk, Piotr Barski, Dariusz Witt, Bartosz A. Grzybowski
Various types of asymmetric disulfides can be synthesized under mild conditions and in excellent yields by a method
involving dialkoxylthiophosphoranesulfenyl halide precursors. This straightforward, rapid procedure is used to prepare
a series of disulfides bearing neutral, acidic, and basic terminal groups as well as groups commonly used in biospecific
self-assembled monolayers.