D. Gueyrard et al., A new intramolecular migration in thiosugar chemistry: S -> O transfer of a benzothiazol-2-yl group in saccharidic sulfones, J CARB CHEM, 18(3), 1999, pp. 317-331
Saccharidic benzothiazol-2yl sulfones - readily obtained through regioselec
tive Mitsunobu thiofunctionalization followed by standard S-oxidation - can
easily undergo benzothiazol-2-yl group S --> O transfer when submitted to
the action of a hindered base under controlled conditions. An ipso-substitu
tion process is the key-step of this novel intramolecular rearrangement of
saccharidic sulfones.