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Ethyl dithioacetate may be used in the preparation of N-thioacetylamino acids.

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 77, p. 5997, 1955 DOI: 10.1021/ja01627a060

Ethyl dithioacetate is an alkyl dithioester. It reacts with 5,6-diamino-1,3-dimethyluracil to yield the purine derivative. Raman spectra of ethyl dithioacetate has been recorded as a function of temperature in the liquid phase and in the solid phase at low temperature.