O-Ethyl thioacetate
O-Ethyl thioacetate is an organosulfur compound with the formula. It is the unstable isomer of S-ethyl thioacetate. It is prepared by treatment of the iminoester with hydrogen sulfide:
The orthoester also reacts usefully with hydrogen sulfide in the presence of ferric chloride as a catalyst:
Related compounds
- Ethyl thioacetate is the stable isomer of O-ethyl thioacetate.