Methyl thioacetate was prepared by using acetyl chloride and methyl mercaptan as starting raw material in this paper.The yield of product is 69.3%.Itcan be used in seasoning flavor.

对各种调味香精的食香料硫代乙酸甲酯的合成进行了步研究，产率达到693％，对所合成的产品做了红外光谱分析和磁共振分析，确定了其化学结构。