Co-reporter:Amie Saidykhan, Richard D. Bowen, Richard T. Gallagher, William H.C. Martin
Tetrahedron Letters 2015 Volume 56(Issue 1) pp:66-68
Publication Date(Web):1 January 2015
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.10.041
The reaction of amine derivatives orthogonally protected with an aryl sulfonamide and a carbamate, via a base-mediated nitrogen to carbon rearrangement is reported. This noteworthy isomerisation has implications for the use of sulfonamide protecting groups in synthesis.