Ar. Katritzky et al., BENZOTRIAZOLE-MEDIATED SYNTHESIS OF ALPHA-DISUBSTITUTED AND ALPHA-TRISUBSTITUTED ETHERS AND SULFIDES, Synthesis, (5), 1994, pp. 499-504
Ethylaryl- and diethylaryl(benzotriazol-1-yl)methanes, obtained by mon
o- or dialkylation of substituted (benzotriazol-1-ylmethyl)benzenes, r
eact with sodium alkoxides, phenol and thiophenol to yield the corresp
onding alpha-di- and alpha-trisubstituted ethers and sulfides. With am
ines, instead of nucleophile displacement, products arising from reduc
tion or elimination are formed.