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The reaction of methanesulfonic anhydride with toluene over various cation exchanged zeolite beta catalysts affords higher para-selectivity and better yields of methyl tolyl sulfone than standard Friedel–Crafts sulfonylation utilising aluminium chloride.
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Smith et al. (1997) studied this question.
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