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.

对可用于各种调味香精的食用香料硫代乙酸甲酯的合成进行了初步研究，产率达到693％，对所合成的产品做了红外光谱分析和质子核磁共振分析，确定了其化学结构。