Summary
When ethylene oxide reacts with methyl isothiocyanate in the presence of tetraethylammonium bromide, basically a compound of the spiran type (I) is obtained; thermal decomposition of this compound results in the formation of the trimethyl ester of dithioisocyanuric acid and ethylene sulfide.
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