title: A new facile synthesis of tertiary dithioesters.
abstract: Thermal decomposition of tertiary azo compounds in the presence of a triphenylmethyl dithioester results in the formation of the corresponding tertiary dithioesters. This procedure is especially useful for the synthesis of tertiary phosphoryldithioformates, but also represents an easy synthetic methodology of general applicability.
authors.affiliation: Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività, ISOF-CNR, Area della Ricerca, Via P. Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alberti
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benaglia
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laus
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sparnacci