“…The organic layer was dried over Na 2 SO 4 and concentrated under vacuum and the crude product purified by silica gel chromatography (CH 2 Cl 2 ). Azeotrope distillation with benzene (tosylates 21 , 35 , and 38 were dried in a vacuum desiccator over P 2 O 5 ) yielded 18.0 g (96%) of 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid, propyl ester ( 10 ) as a clear oil: bp 153 °C (lit . 154−156°); 1 H NMR δ 0.90 (t, 3H, J = 7.3 Hz), 1.62−1.73 (m, 2H), 2.45 (s, 3H), 3.99 (t, 2H, J = 7.2 Hz), 7.36 (d, 2H, J = 8.3 Hz), 7.90 (d, 2H, J = 8.3 Hz).…”