The iodosulfonylation of styrene with sodium p-toluenesulfinate and iodine in methanol followed by dehydroiodination with IN methanolic potassium hydroxide to give regioand stereoselectively (E)-beta-tosylstyrene in >80% yield is described. This one-pot procedure is an adequate experiment for Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory.
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N‡jera, Carmen; Sansano, JosŽ M.; Yus, Miguel. J. Chem. Educ.1995 72 664.
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