• Quaternization with a powerful alkylating agent leads to a methanesulfonyl trialkylammonium salt, suitable for the mesylation of sensitive substrates: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 97, 2566 (1975).
• Lithiation, followed by acylation with esters and reductive cleavage of the C-S bond of the acylsulfonamide with sodium amalgam, provides a route to methyl ketones: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 87, 1345 (1965).