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3. Rearrangement of Alkyl Sulfites to Alkanesulfonate Esters
4. See, for example, French Pat. 842219 (1939) (I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G.); Chem. Zbl., 1939, II, 3634. French Pat. 842509(1939) (I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G.); Chem. Zbl., 1939, II, 2712. French Pat. 848001(1939) (I.G. Farbenindustrie A G.); Chem. Zbl., 1940, I, 1929. F. Asinger et al., Ber. dtsch. chem. Ges., 75, 34 42, 344(1942).