The reaction is named after Ralph Mozingo, who reported the cleavage ofthioethers with Raney nickel in 1942.[5] However the modern iteration of the reaction, involving the cyclic dithioacetal, was developed byMelville Wolfrom.[6]
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^Wolfrom, M. L.; Karabinos, J. V. (June 1944). "Carbonyl Reduction by Thioacetal Hydrogenolysis".Journal of the American Chemical Society.66 (6):909–911.doi:10.1021/ja01234a021.