A new heterocyclic reductive alkylating agent, the 2-methyl-4-chloromethyl-5-nitrothiazole, has been synthesized and could react with the 2-nitropropane anion as nucleophile, to give the 2-methyl-4-(2-methylpropenyl)-5-nitrothiazole as the major product. The reaction was shown to proceed by the SRN1 mechanism which was confirmed by the classical criteria for SRN1 reaction: the leaving group effect, the electronwithdrawing group effect and ...
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