Reaction #640569
ord-af305775d42441828db19ac705114b02
Reaction equation
diethyl ether
thioanisole
dimethyl sulfate
→
dimethylphenylsulfonium sulfate
Reagents
None
Conditions
Detailed conditions
See reaction.notes.procedure_details.
Procedure
At room temperature, 6.2 g (0.05 mole) of thioanisole and 6.9 g (0.055 mole) of dimethyl sulfate were stirred for 12 hours. To the reaction solution were added 100 g of water and 50 ml of diethyl ether. The water layer was taken out, obtaining an aqueous solution of the desired dimethylphenylsulfonium sulfate.