Formaldehyde → Methanol, [(4-methylphenyl)sulfonyl]-

HRID 972422Notes

Reaction equation

[CH2:1]=[O:2].[C:3]1([CH3:12])[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:6]([S:9]([OH:11])=[O:10])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1>>[OH:2][CH2:1][S:9]([C:6]1[CH:7]=[CH:8][C:3]([CH3:12])=[CH:4][CH:5]=1)(=[O:11])=[O:10]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 712Formaldehyde

HCID 10818p-Toluenesulfinic acid

Product 1

HCID 75131Methanol, [(4-methylphenyl)sulfonyl]-

Procedure

Formaldehyde and p-toluenesulfinic acid were reacted together to produce hydroxymethyl-p-tolylsulfone according to the following procedure:

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-0861628a7f6c42fcbfc8f596b850c87e
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1977_10
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04053373

Reaction notes

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