Aliphatic primary and secondary thiols react in the interlamellar layers of ion-exchanged montmorillonite catalysts to produce dialkyl sulphides via intermolecular elimination of hydrogen sulphide; similar processes result in the production of diphenyl sulphide from benzenethiol and poly(phenylenemethylene) from α-toluenethiol.
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Ballantine et al. (1981) studied this question.