
%0 Journal Article
%A Culvenor, CCJ 
%A Davies, W 
%A Hawthorne, DG 
%A Macdonald, PL 
%A Robertson, AV 
%T Dodecahydrothianthrene, a product formed by pyrolysis of a polymer from the interaction of cyclohexene sulphide and mercaptoethanol
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1967/10/01
%V 20
%N 10
%P 2207-2215
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9672207
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9672207 
%X Cyclohexene sulphide and alkaline mercaptoethanol form 2-hydroxyethyl 2-mercaptocyclohexyl sulphide and much polymer. Pyrolysis of the polymer gives an oil containing a low yield of the trans-anti-trans isomer of dodecahydrothianthrene, whose structure has been determined. Several attempts to synthesize this new tricyclic series failed, although the bicyclic analogue, hexahydrobenzo[b]-[1,4]-dithian, was readily accessible. Water, 1,4-thioxan, 1,4-dithian, acetaldehyde, 2- methyl-1,3-oxathiolan, and 2-methyl-1,3-dithiolan have been identified amongst the pyrolysis products of thiodiglycol. 
