To this end we carried out the acid-catalyzed decomposition of I in anhydrous diethyl ether and in the presence of hydroxylic solvents. The high boiling material, obtained from the reaction of I and p-toluenesulfonic acid (either the monohydrate or the anhydrous material) in ethereal solution, mas found to be a mixture of ethyl p-toluenesulfonate and another compound which had a nmr spectrum similar to ethyl p-toluenesulfonate but which ...
