“…c6h6 c6h6 at reflux temperatures; at lower temperatures the sulfide polymerizes, and apparently the alkylation reaction involves interaction of the polymer with benzene (399). Tetraarylethylene sulfides and some diarylethylene sulfides containing other negative groups lose sulfur on heating to about 200°C., or at much lower temperatures when heated with copper bronze (e.g., 356,364,365,393,394), the reaction leading in some cases to interesting ketene acetal derivatives. R R The driving force for the reaction is undoubtedly the tendency to form a conjugated system with the aromatic nuclei.…”