Normal SNAr, Telesubstitution, and Electron-Transfer Pathways in the Reactions of Methyl-Substituted o-Bis(phenylsulfonyl)benzene Derivatives with Sodium Arenethiolates in Dimethyl Sulfoxide

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00133a012

1,4-Dimethyl-2,3-bis(phenylsulfonyl)-(6a) and 1,2-bis(phenylsulfonyl)-3,4,5,6-tetramethylbenzene (6b) react with sodium benzenethiolate or 2,4,6-trimethylbenzenethiolate in Me2SO at 120 deg C to give mainly products (7a,b,9, and 10a) resulting from the no