Several reaction systems have been investigated as possible sources of diatomic sulfur (S$ sb2$). Dialkoxy disulfides have been shown to thermally decompose with the formation of sulfur likely as S$ sb2$ which was successfully trapped in modest yield. Several other systems have been shown to decompose with a likely S$ sb2$ intermediate. / The chemistry of the chloro(triphenylmethyl)sulfides was studied. The X-ray crystal structures of the first chlorodisulfide and chlorotrisulfide were obtained. The chlorotriphenylmethyl sulfides were found to decompose in the presence of 1,3-dienes to yield products which are consistent with the trapping of diatomic sulfur. The reactions of the chloro(triphenylmethyl)sulfides were examined and used to prepare a series of mixed sulfides containing 1-4 sulfurs. A novel extrusion of sulfur in the reaction of chloro(triphenylmethyl)monosulfide with thiocarbonyl compounds was investigated. The thermal decomposition of the sulfides as solids and in solution were examined. / The solvent dependent desulfurization of sulfenic sulfonic thioanhydrides was investigated in the anticipation of discovering a diatomic sulfur intermediate. The extrusion was shown to involve the concatenation of sulfur atoms until a stable sulfur ring could be extruded. / The X-ray crystal structure of bis(triphenylmethyl)disulfide was determined and was discussed in relation to other hindered disulfides.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.70239 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Williams, Charles R. (Charles Ralph) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Chemistry.) |
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| Relation | alephsysno: 001255850, proquestno: AAINN72211, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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