“…Ethyl-2,2,2-d3 p -toluenesulfonate gave the following NMR spectrum (neat): 6 2.02 (s, 3 H), 3.7 (s,2 H), 7.02 (d, 2 H, J = 8 Hz), 7.47 (d, 2 H, J = 8 Hz). The appropriately deuterium-labeled sample of ethanol (BioRad Laboratories, Richmond, Calif,) (1.42 ml, 0.024 mol) was added over 15 min to an ice-cold, stirred solution of 5.0 g (0.026 mol) of freshly distilled ptoluenesulfonyl chloride in 10 ml of dry pyridine.…”