Comparison of the partition between polar and SET pathways in the S(RN)1 mechanism for the nitronate and diethyldithiocarbamate anions. An unexpected result

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(96)02443-4

Competition between S(RN)1 and S(N)2 mechanisms is discussed according to the stereochemical results in the alkylation of two anions by optically active α-chloroparanitrophenylethane 1. In the reaction of 1 with the ambident anion of 2-nitropropane 2, com