Mjp. Harger, PHOTOLYSIS OF TERT-BUTYL(MESITYL)PHOSPHINIC AZIDE - INFLUENCE OF DIMETHYL SULFIDE ON INTRAMOLECULAR NITRENE INSERTION AND CURTIUS-LIKE REARRANGEMENT, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (8), 1993, pp. 334-335
When tert-butyl(mesityl)phosphinic azide (5b) is photolysed in the pre
sence of Me2S the sulfilimine 9 is formed at the expense of intramolec
ular nitrene insertion rather than Curtius-like rearrangement.