Thiols can be readily converted to their corresponding thionitrite with a combination of inorganic acidic salts and sodium nitrite in dichloromethane at room temperature. Disulfides result from the homolytic cleavage of the sulfur-nitrogen bond of the unstable thionitrite and subsequent coupling of the resultant thiyl radicals.
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