• Also sulfenylates organolithium reagents from, e.g. lithiated furans: J. Org. Chem., 46, 2473 (1981).
• Alkyl halides under phase-transfer conditions give alkyl phenyl sulfides in good yields,: Synth. Commun., 12, 595 (1982), and alkenyl halides in the presence of CuI give alkenyl sulfides: Chem. Lett., 769 (1989).
• Sulfenylation agent for enolates of ketones, esters or carboxylic acid dianions: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 95, 6840 (1973); 98, 4887 (1976); Chem. Rev., 78, 363 (1978). Oxidation to the sulfoxide and thermal elimination can be used for the conversion of ketones to enones via thermal sulfoxide elimination, less frequently used than the selenoxide route (cf preceding entry), due to the higher temperatures required.
• For use as a catalyst in the photochemical cis-trans isomerization of olefins (used in the synthesis of the macrolide ricinelaidic acid lactone), see: Org. Synth. Coll., 7, 470 (1990).