Cyclic ammonium salts of dithiocarbamic acid: stable alternative reagents for the synthesis of <i>S</i>-alkyl carbodithioates from organyl thiocyanates in water
conditions. Here, we report an efficient and practical method for the preparation of libraries of carbodithioate esters from organyl thiocyanates by reacting with cyclic amine-based dithiocarbamic acid salts in water. The protocol is found to be applicable in general to various thiocyanates such as benzyl/aroyl methyl/cinnamyl and so on. Other notable features include no by-products such as disulfides, metal-