The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Butyllithium-Induced Rearrangement of Methylnaphthyl Phenyl Sulfones1, 2

WE Truce, DC Hampton

Index: Truce,W.E.; Hampton,D.C. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1963 , vol. 28, p. 2276 - 2279

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Abstract

It has been shown3a-c that o-methyldiphenyl sulfones, when treated in ether solution with n- butyllithium, rearrange to o-benzylbenzenesulfinic acids. This study was successfully extended to substitutedphenyl mesityl sulfones and qualitative effects of different substituents on the migrating phenyl ring were noted. 4 The subsequent transformations of the sulfinic acids to sulfonic acids, diarylmethanes, and chloromercuridiarylmethanes also ...