Abstract
Natural sulphurization of organic matter was simulated by reactions of phytol, thiophytol, phytadienes, and 1-hexadecene with NaHSx in dimethylformamide for several days at ambient or slightly elevated temperatures. Phytol gave 3-methyl-3-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-1,2-dithiolane (1) and 4-methyl-4-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-1,2,3-trithiane (2) in 0.2–0.7 and 0.05-0.3% yield, respectively. Thiophytol was, however, converted to 1 and 2 in
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