Competition between SRN1, SN2 and SRN1 mechanisms is discussed according to the stereochemical results in the alkylation of anions by optically active secondary p-nitrobenzyl reagents. Results from alkylation of the anions of benzylcyanide C and α-aminonitrile A by p- nitrobenzyl chloride 2 rule out SN2 and SRN2 mechanisms. On the other hand, the SN2 process becomes exclusive in O-and C-alkylation of the acetoacetic ester anion B by the p ...
[Xu, Qing-Long; Gao, Hongyin; Yousufuddin, Muhammed; Ess, Daniel H.; Kuerti, Laszlo Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013 , vol. 135, # 38 p. 14048 - 14051]