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The oxidation of thioglycollic, thiolactic and thiomalic acids bybenzyltrimethylammonium tribromide proceeds through the formation of asulfenium cation in the slow step.
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Bhatt, M., Kothari, S. & Banerji, K.K. Kinetics and Mechanism of the Oxidation of Somethioacids by Benzyltrimethylammonium Tribromide. Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters 72, 101–105 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010588632201
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