The nature of the α-sulphinyl carbanion derived from methyl 1-phenylethyl sulphoxide

1 January 1973

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 12,p. 398-399
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39730000398

Abstract

For hydroxide-ion-catalysed proton removal from methyl 1-phenylethyl sulphoxide k_ex/k_ep= 1·30 (ex refers to exchange and ep to epimerization), a result consistent with the intervention of either two rapidly inverting pyramidal anions or a single planar anion.

Keywords

PHENYLETHYL SULPHOXIDE
EX REFERS
CATALYSED PROTON
RAPIDLY INVERTING
TWO RAPIDLY
HYDROXIDE ION
PLANAR ANION
PYRAMIDAL ANIONS
SULPHOXIDE KEX/KEP