“…The most common synthesis of disulfide functionality is based on the nucleophilic substitution reaction of a sulfenyl derivative with a thiol or thiol derivative. The most frequently utilized electrophilic sulfenyl derivatives are: sulfenyl chlorides [ 23 , 24 ], S -alkylsulfanylisothioureas [ 25 , 26 ], S -alkyl thiosulfates and S -aryl thiosulfates (Bunte salts) [ 27 ], benzotriazolyl sulfanes [ 28 , 29 ], benzothiazol-2-yl disulfides [ 30 ], (alkylsulfanyl)dialkylsulfonium salts [ 31 , 32 ], dithioperoxyesters [ 33 ], 2-pyridyl disulfides and derivatives [ 34 , 35 ], sulfonamides [ 36 ], N -alkyltetrazolyl disulfides [ 37 ], sulfenyl thiocyanates [ 38 ], sulfenyldimesylamines [ 39 ], thiolsulfinates [ 40 ] and thiosulfonates [ 41 , 42 , 43 ], 4-nitroarenesulfenanilides [ 44 ], thionitrites [ 45 ], thioimides [ 46 ], sulfenyl sulfanylsulfinamidines [ 47 , 48 , 49 ], and thiophosphonium salts [ 50 ]. The disulfides can also be efficiently obtained by the reaction of a thiol with a sulfinylbenzimidazole [ 51 ], a disulfide exchange reaction promoted by rhodium catalyst [ 52 , 53 ], an electrochemical method [ 54 ], using tetrathiomolybdate in the presence of a symmetrical disulfide to promote a ring opening of an aziridine [ 55 , 56 ], or the application of diethyl azodicarboxylate (DEAD) [ 57 ] or a solid support [ 58 ] to promote a sequential coupling of two different thiols.…”