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Rearrangement of Benzylically Lithiated Methylaryl Alkyl Sulfones
Madaj, Edmund J.,Snyder, Donald M.,Truce, William E.
, p. 3466 - 3469 (2007/10/02)
Lithiathion of appropriate methylaryl alkyl sulfones is followed by migration of the alkyl group from sulfur to the benzylic carbon.Product studies, relative reactivities, and crossover experiments are consistent with a radical-radical anion chain process for this rearrangement.
