New construction of p-tolylsulfonyl-subs
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Shoji Matsumoto; Shinjiro Takahashi; Katsuyuki Ogura
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Transformation of 4‐(methylthio)‐1‐phenyl‐2‐(p‐tolylsulfonyl)‐1,3‐butadiene **1a** was found to give 2‐(p‐tolylsulfonyl)naphthalene **3a** either by the action of I~2~ in refluxing acetonitrile or by irradiation with a high‐pressure Hg lamp. An electron‐withdrawing group (p‐F or p‐CO~2~