Alkyl 4-methylphenyl sulfones

Sulfone synthesis. The salt (1) reacts with alkyl halides in THF at 20-40° (2-4 hr.) to give alkyl 4-methylphenyl sulfones, usually in yields of 60-90%. The analogous reaction with sodium p-toluenesulfinate itself proceeds in much lower yields, mainly because 0-alkylation competes with S-alkylation. ... 

Alkyl isocyanoacetates, 158 Alkyl 4-methylphenyl sulfones, 567 d-Alkyl-a-methylacroleins, 14 Alkyl orthotitanates, 11 2-Alkyl-l-oxo-2-cyclopentenes, 284... 

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