Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Reaction of nucleophiles with electron acceptors by S n 2 or single electron transfer (SET) mechanisms: thiolates and 2-halomethyl-5-nitrofurans. ... Thiolates react with 2-halomethyl-5-nitrofurans to yield 5-nitrofurfuryl sulphides by a S N 2(C) mechanism, ...