Methanesulfonic Acid → Tris-(4-t-butylphenyl)sulfonium methane sulfonate

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A mixture of 3 g of bis-(4-t-butylphenyl)sulfoxide, 30 ml of t-butylbenzene and 9.17 g of methane sulfonic acid was heated at 100° C. for 24 hours. The mixture was poured into 100 ml of water and extracted with four 50-ml portions of ether followed by five 50-ml portions of chloroform. The chloroform extracts were dried and the chloroform removed on a rotary evaporator to give 1.03 g of tris-(4-t-butylphenyl)sulfonium methane sulfonate (20.6 percent yield).

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