Dimexano has been used as desiccant of plants and in the stereoselective synthesis of alpha alkylidenation gamma butyrolactone.
ChEBI: Dimexano is a thiocarbonyl compound.
1. Bulmer, G.; Mann, F. G. JCS 1945, 674.
2. Stout, E. I.; Shasha, B. S.; Doane, W. M. JOC 1974, 39, 562
Dimexano is synthesized by oxidation of potassium O-methyl dithiocarbonate (prepared from potassium methoxide and carbon disulfide) with Nitric Acid or Chloramine-T.1,2
Dimexano decomposes at temperatures over 140 °C to yield O,S-dimethyl dithiocarbonate; stable for several months storage at rt. Handle in a fume hood.
