The reaction of ethanesulfenyl chloride with 2-methoxy-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran gives only 413-chloro3a-ethylthio-213-methoxytetrahydropyran. A rationale is presented to explain the observed highly selective reaction.Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 47. 3553 (1969) Introduction Two recent reports from this laboratory (1,2) have described the reaction of alkane (or aralkane) sulfenyl chlorides with 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran to produce trans-2-chloro-3-alkyl (or aralkyl) thiotetrahydropyran which, in the presence of sodium methoxide in methanol, gave trans-3-alkyl (or aralky1)-2-methoxytetrahydropyrans. A rationale was presented to explain the observed highly selective course of the reaction.The present communication describes the results obtained from the reaction of ethanesulfenyl chloride with 2-methoxy-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran.