title: Sodium p-toluenesulfonate
text: # Sodium p-toluenesulfonate
  
  Sodium p-toluenesulfonate is an organic compound with the formula $CH_3C_6H_4SO_3Na.$ It is white, water-soluble solid. It is produced by the neutralization toluenesulfonic acid with sodium hydroxide. It is also a common product from the reactions of sodium-based reagents with toluenesulfonates.
  
  Heating this salt in strong base results in desulfonation, giving, after acid workup, p-cresol.
  
  