“…The title sulfur containing organic compound is a biologically active molecule (Andricopulo et al, 2006). It has been utilized in many clinical trials (Nakadate et al, 1964;Alekhina et al, 1978) and also employed in the synthesis of a number of other important organic molecules (Parihar et al, 1971;Evans & Kinnard, 1983). Several methods have been reported for the synthesis of the title molecule (Pesin et al, 1963;Joshi & Mathur, 1963;Obata et al, 1966;Stepanov et al, 1974;Davydov & Beletskaya, 2003).…”