1989 Volume 37 Issue 12 Pages 3396-3398
A series of (methylsulfinyl)acetamides 4 reacted with electron-rich arenes in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid to give α-(methylthio)arylacetamides 5, 6, and 7, some of which were transformed into biologically active arylethylamines such as (±)-macromerine.