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THE rupture of S—S linkages in organic disulphides by either ionic or free radical processes is well known. On the other hand, redox cleavage of such S—S bonds has never been demonstrated, although Kolthoff1 postulated that ferrous citrate complex with organic disulphide underwent redox transformation analogous to that with hydrogen peroxide. However, this observation was made under quite different conditions in their polarographic investigations.
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WANG, CH. Redox Cleavage of S—S Linkage in Diaryl and Cyclic Alkyl Disulphides. Nature 203, 75–76 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203075a0
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