Acetylene disulfides RSC 2 SR, which are furnished with typical thiol protection groups R, were synthesized, fully characterized, and tested with respect to the aimed cleavage of R. While the alkyne RSC 2 SR with R = C 2 H 4 SiMe 3 is easily accessible, the corresponding disulfide with R = CPh 3 can be prepared only with difficulties, and attempts to use the SiMe 3 group lead to the isolation of a dithiacyclopentene derivative. The molecular structures of Ph 3 CSC 2 SCPh 3 and Ph 3 CSC 2 H, which were investigated by X-ray diffraction, show a remarkable combination of long and very short carbon-sulfur