J. Vatele, S. Hanessian
Aug 5, 1996
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Tetrahedron
Abstract
Abstract Imidazole-1-sulfonate, a new type of leaving group by remote activation, allows facile S N 2 substitution reactions at sterically crowded centers with various nucleophiles under mild conditions. It could be easily prepared from alcohols with cheap reagents in quantitative yield.