• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.103-106
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• 2002

A new reaction mechanism is proposed for the reaction of thianthrene cation radical perchlorate $(Th^{+{\cdot}}CIO_4^-}$ and tert-butyl peroxide in acetonitrile at room temperature on the basis of experimental and theoretical results. Rapid C-O bond rupture instead of O-O bond cleavage was observed by a good peroxy radical trapping agent, thianthrene cation radical. Products were N-tert-butyl acetamide, thianthrene 5-oxide (ThO), thianthrene 5,5-dioxide $(SSO_2)$, and thianthrene (Th). Thianthrene 5,10-dioxide (SOSO) was not obtained. A comparative computational study of the cation radical of tert-butyl peroxide is made by using B3LYP and CBS-4. The computational results are helpful to explain the reaction mechanism.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.5 no.6
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• pp.211-215
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• 1984

Reaction of thianthrene cation radical perchlorate (1) with tert-butyl peroxide (TBP) in acetonitrile gave thianthrene (2), thianthrene 5-oxide (3), cis-thianthrene-5,10-dioxide (4), 5-acetonylthianthrenium perchlorate (9), along with small amount of thianthrene-5,5-dioxide (7) in some cases. Isolation of N-tert-butylacetamide indicated the formation of tert-butyl cation from TBP. The formation mechanisms of these products were proposed.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.26 no.9
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• pp.1335-1338
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• 2005

Thianthrene cation radical perchlorate ($Th^{+{{\cdot}}}{ClO_4}^-$) reacted readily with two isomeric thiols, benzylthiol (1) and 4-methylbenzenethiol (7) in an acetonitrile solution at room temperature. From the reaction of 1, the major products, N-benzylacetamide (4) and benzyl sulfide (5), are characteristic of benzyl carbocations while the minor one, benzyl disulfide (6) implies free radical component of the reaction. It is unprecedented that the formation of a benzyl carbocation was caused by the extrusion of sulfur atoms from benzyl sulfur cations (3). In contrast, from the reaction of 7, only p-tolyl disulfide (10) was obtained from both sulfur radicals and cations. In the reaction of 7 the thio-extrusion was not observed from the p-tolyl sulfur cation (9). A thianthrene cation radical ($Th^{+{{\cdot}}}$) was reduced quantitatively to thianthrene (Th) in both reactions.

• Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.127-130
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• 2012

Polymerization of vinyl monomers is promoted by thianthrene cation radical as a part of our research concerning the reactions of various agents with readily isolable, yet highly reactive species and elucidate the biological activity. Thianthrene cation radical initiated the homopolymerization and copolymerization of styrene and ethyl vinyl ether. The polymerization yields decreased as the concentration of phenylacetylene or diphenylethylene increased. Such polymereization by cationic thianthrene radical could provide some clues for the reaction in living animals. Comments on possible polymerization mechanisms were suggested.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.729-730
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• 2009

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.4 no.5
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• pp.219-223
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• 1983

Thianthrene cation radical perchlorate (1) reacted with N-free sulfonamides to give directly N-sulfonylsulfilimines (5a-5c) but reaction with N-alkylsulfonamides afforded, inter alia, 5-(2-thianthreniumyl) thianthrene perchlorate (6).

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.911-912
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• 2007

• Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.71-75
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• 2013

$Bu_3Sn$-endded poly(vinyl)s with biological activity were obtained by the radical polymerization of vinyl monomers using thianthrene cation radical/$^nBu_3H$. Thianthrene cation and stannyl radicals promoted the homopolymerization and copolymerization of styrene and ethyl vinyl ether having number average molecular weights of 2000-3100. Tributyltin hydride functions as a chain transfer agent. Such polymereization by cationic thianthrene and stannyl radicals could provide some clues for the biological reaction in living animals. Plausible polymerization mechanisms were suggested.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.6 no.6
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• pp.358-361
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• 1985

Thianthrene cation radical perchlorate (1) reacted with azo-bis-2-phenoxy-2-propane (6) to give thianthrene (2), cisthianthrene-5,10-dioxide, 5-(p-hydroxyphenyl) thianthrenium perchlorate (10), acetone, phenol, and 5-(2-propenyl) thianthrenium perchlorate (11) when the mole trtio of 1 to 6 was 1:1. Among the products, 11 was a new compound. However, when the corresponding mole ratio was 5:1, 11 was not formed. Similar result was obtained for azo-bis-2-(p-nitrophenoxy)-2-propane.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.144-149
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• 1988

Reaction of thianthrene cation radical perchlorate (1) with 1-methyl-4-benzenesulfonylaminobenzene (10) afforded thianthrene (5), N-(4-tolyl)-N-thianthrenylbenzenesulfonamide (14), 1-methyl-3-[N-(4-tolyl)-N-benzenesulfonyl-amino- 4-benzene-sulfonylaminobenzene (16), cis-thianthrene-5,10-dioxide (17), 5-(3'-methyl-6-benzenesulfonylaminobenzene)thian threnium perchlorate (18), and benzenesulfonate. In the meantime, reaction of 1 with 1-ethyl-4-benzenesulfonylaminobenzene (12) afforded 5, 1-ethyl-3-[N-(4-ethylphenyl)-N-benzenesulfonyl]a mino-4-benzenesulfonylaminobenzene (19), 1-benzenesulfonyl-amino-4-[1-(2-benzenesulfonyla mino-5-ethylphenyl)ethyl]benzene (20), and 1-(1-acetamidoethyl)-4-benzenesulfonylaminobenz ene (21). The formations of these products except for 18 and benzenesulfonate could be rationalized by assuming a sulfonamidyl radical as an intermediate.