Summary
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A method was developed for the preparation of the previously unknown thiolformic esters.
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Benzyl, ethyl, and butyl thiolformates are described.
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By reaction of benzyl thiolformate with α-toluenethiol in presence of hydrogen chloride, a quantitative yield of tribenzyl trithiolorthoformate was obtained.
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Thiolformic esters can act as N-formylating agents: by the action of benzyl thiolformate on 2-aminopyridine, N-2-pyridylformamide was obtained, and in the reactions of all the thiolformic esters that we have described with phenylhydrazine, formic 2-phenylhydrazide was obtained.
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