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RECENTLY a communication has been published by Thompson et al.1 which describes a sensitive qualitative test for sulphoxides on paper chromatograms. The method is based on the reaction of sulphoxides with hydriodic acid to form iodine. C. De Marco2 essentially extended the method of Thompson to certain other classes of partially oxidized sulphur compounds like sulphinic acids and sulphones. However, as explicitly stated in De Marco's communication, the Thompson test is of no direct use for the detection of other classes of organic sulphur compounds, especially the large number of substances containing divalent sulphur.
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STEPHAN, R., ERDMAN, J. Detection of Divalent Sulphur Compounds on Paper and Thin-layer Chromatograms. Nature 203, 749 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203749a0
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