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Bunte salt

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In organosulfur chemistry, a Bunte salt is an archaic name for functional group with the formula RSSO3.[1] They are typically derived from the alkylation of sodium thiosulfate. Such compounds are intermediates in the synthesis of thiols:[2]

RX + Na2S2O3 → Na[O3S2R] + NaX

References

  1. ^ http://goldbook.iupac.org/B00760.html
  2. ^ Distler, Harry "The chemistry of Bunte salts" Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 1967, vol. 6, pp. 544-53. doi:10.1002/anie.196705441