Alkylation with Long Chain p-Toluenesulfonates. II. Reaction of n-Octadecyl p-Toluenesulfonate with Mercaptans and Thiophenols1

DA Shirley, WH Reedy

Index: Shirley; Reedy Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1951 , vol. 73, p. 4885

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Abstract

We have underway in this Laboratory a program of systematic evaluation of long chain aliphatic p-toluenesulfonates as alkylating agents for a variety of organic types. In the first paper, we reported the alkylation of phenols with n-octadecyl p-toluerlesulfonate. 2 The n- octadecyl aryl ethers were formed in 50-75% yields. It was next underpaken to alkylate mercaptans and thiophenols with n-octadecylp-toluenesulfonate, and it was found that ...