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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 11.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Synth Catal. 2014 Jul 30;356(11-12):2517–2524. doi: 10.1002/adsc.201400679

Table 1.

Benzylation of benzyl phenyl sulfide with benzyl chloride.

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entry base 1H NMR assay yield (%)
1 LiO-tBu 0
2 NaO-tBu 0
3 KO-tBu 0
4 LiN(SiMe3)2 53
5 NaN(SiMe3)2 60
6 KN(SiMe3)2 74