Zincke Disulfide Cleavage

T. Zincke, Ber. 44, 769 (1911).

Formation of sulfenyl halides by three essentially similar methods involving the action of chlorine or bromine on aryl disulfides, thiophenols, or arylbenzyl sulfides:

T. Zincke et al., ibid. 45, 471 (1912); 51, 751 (1918); Ann. 391, 55 (1912); 400, 1 (1913); 406, 103 (1914); 416, 86 (1918); M. H. Hubacher, Org. Syn. coll. II, 455 (1943); N. Kharasch et al., Chem. Rev. 39, 283 (1946); A. Schöberl, A. Wagner, Houben-Weyl 9, 268 (1955); E. Kühle, Synthesis 1970, 561.