Sulfanilamide and its numerous derivatives are all obtained from N-acetylsulfanilyl chloride or p-nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride. In the hope of securing a group of compounds suited to comparative pharmacological studies and, of course, of obtaining products with superior therapeutic action, it seemed to us desirable to seek a new aromatic and isosteric sulfonyl chloride, ie, one which would serve as an intermediate for the preparation of a series of ...