Bb. Lohray et al., INTRAMOLECULAR S-N(2) RING-OPENING OF CYCLIC SULFATES - 6-EXO-TET VERSUS 7-ENDO-TET CYCLIZATION, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 37(3), 1998, pp. 209-218
Intramolecular S-N(2) ring opening of trans-cyclic sulfate by in situ
generated carboxylate ion, 5-carbon away from the reaction centre, res
ults in preferably 6-exo-tet-cyclization whereas cis-cyclic sulfate gi
ves a mixture of six- and seven-membered lactones. In contrast, when t
he carboxylate ion is situated six carbon atoms away from the reactive
cyclic sulfate centre, no intramolecular cyclization is observed.