Thiols & Sulfur Compounds

3 reactions in this topic, each with the reagents, the mechanism and the structure of the product.

Alkyl halides (or tosylates) will react with thiolate anions to form sulfides (or thioether) in an SN2 reaction.

Alkyl halides (or tosylate) will react with the hydrosulfide anion (HS‾) to give thiols.

When thiols treated with an oxidizing agent such as iodine or molecular oxygen, thiols can be converted to disulfides.