Electrooxidation of Thiols in the Presence of Halide Ions—A Facile Preparative Method for Synthesis of Disulfides

Abstract
The aliphatic, aromatic and heteroaromatic disulfides were easily synthesized by the electrolysis of corresponding thiols. The electrochemical method is also convenient for synthesis of unsymmetrically substituted disulfides and “paired” synthesis of disulfide and sulfide.