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An unusual type of reaction of 3,6-di-tert-butylpyrocatechol with thionyl chloride was discovered, which leads to the formation of elementary sulfur. A mechanism, including the formation of sulfuran, was proposed.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1635–1637, July, 1984.
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Vol'eva, V.B., Komissarova, N.L., Belostotskaya, I.S. et al. Reaction of 3,6-di-tert-butylpyrocatechol with thionyl chloride in the presence of dimethylformamide. Russ Chem Bull 33, 1500–1502 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00956537
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