Used to generate the corresponding dithiolate ligand in a study of dinuclear gold(I) dithiolate complexes.
Toluene-3,4-dithiol may be suitable as colorimetric reagent for the determination of technetium using spectrophotometry.
For the detection of bismuth, molybdenum, rhenium, tin, tungsten, see Bickford et al., J. Am. Pharm. Assoc. Sci. Ed. 37, 255 (1948).
Toluene-3,4-dithiol with molybdenum(VI) in mineral acid forms dark-green coloured complex. It is purified by vacuum distillation under nitrogen.