... Institut für Anorganische Chemie ... Experimental Section. ... Method B. At −40 °C a cooled solution of 0.24 mol of (phenylthiomethyl)lithium in 200 mL of diethyl ether/hexane, prepared from thioanisole and n-BuLi in diethyl ether, 12 was added to a solution of 0.08 mol of the ...