Rearrangements of phenylthio substituted 1,n-diols with toluene-p-sulfonic acid and with toluene-p-sulfonyl chloride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)00055-H

Rearrangement of a series of 1,n diols (n = 2 to 12), one OH group having an adjacent PhS group, under the two sets of conditions in the title, gives single compounds in high yields drawn drom four possible classes of product. The effects of chain length