The Racemization of Sulfonium Salts. III. The Racemization of Arylsulfonium Salts
1973 ◽
Vol 51
(21)
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pp. 3647-3648
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The rate constants for racemization by inversion of a variety of monoaryl- and diarylsulfonium salts are reported. There is a marked steric effect upon the rate of the racemization reaction. An estimate is made of the half-life for racemization of acyclic optically active triarylsulfonium salts.