1999 Volume 47 Issue 7 Pages 980-982
N-Phenylthiophthalimide reacts with AlCl3 or TiCl4 in areanes to give phenylthiated arenes alone via a phenylsulfenium ion intermediate, modified neglect of diatomic overlap (MNDO) molecular orbital calculations of which revealed that the positive charge preferentially populates the sulfur atom rather than the phenyl group in the phenylsulfenium ion.