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The acidities of eleven meta- and para-substituted α-phenylsulfinylacetophenones (1) were determined potentiometrically in a 50% ethanol solution. pKa values (10.22–12.01) which can be nicely correlated with Hammett’s σ-values were obtained.
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Kunieda et al. (1976) studied this question.
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