Studies on the base??catalyzed Solvolysis of Propane??2??sulphonic Acid p??Cresylester

H Lehmann, W Pritzkow

Index: Lehmann, Heinz; Pritzkow, Wilhelm Journal fuer Praktische Chemie/Chemiker-Zeitung, 1992 , vol. 334, # 3 p. 251 - 256

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Abstract

Abstract Products of the reaction of propane-2-sulphonic acid p-cresylester with sodium butoxide in butanol are the sodium salt of propan-2-sulphonic acid, di-n-butyl ether, p-cresyl- n-butyl ether and p-cresol. The reaction proceeds via propane-2-sulphonic acid n-butylester which is formed from the starting compound by an elimination-addition (sulphene) mechanism. The elimination step is an E1-cB reaction.