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Benzylic sulfides have been shown to furnish sulfonyl chlorides in excellent yields, upon reaction with molecular chlorine in aqueous acetic acid. The reaction most likely proceeds through the intermediacy of the corresponding sulfenyl chloride.
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Richard Francis Langler (1976) studied this question.
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