“… 3 Although many different methods exist for the preparation of unsymmetrical disulfanes, the most common approach involves substitution of a sulfenyl derivative with a thiol or thiol derivative. To date, the most commonly utilized sulfenyl derivatives are sulfenyl chlorides, 4 S -alkyl thiosulfates and S -aryl thiosulfates (Bunte salts), 5 S -alkylsulfanylisothioureas, 6 benzothiazol-2-yl disulfanes, 7 benzotriazolyl sulfanes, 8 dithioperoxyesters, 9 (alkylsulfanyl)dialkylsulfonium salts, 10 2-pyridyl disulfanes and derivatives, 11 N -alkyltetrazolyl disulfanes, 12 sulfenamides, 13 sulfenyldimesylamines, 14 sulfenyl thiocyanates, 15 4-nitroarenesulfenanilides, 16 thiolsulfinates and thiosulfonates, 17 sulfanylsulfinamidines, 18 thionitrites, 19 sulfenyl thiocarbonates, 20 thioimides, 21 and thiophosphonium salts. 22 Other practical procedures involve the reaction of a thiol with a sulfinylbenzimidazole, 23 a rhodium-catalyzed disulfide exchange, 24 an electrochemical method, 25 the ring opening of an aziridine using tetrathiomolybdate in the presence of a symmetrical disulfane, 26 or the use of diethyl azodicarboxylate (DEAD) 27 or a solid support 28 in a sequential coupling of two different thiol groups.…”