Chemistry Letters, Vol.34, No.7, 1016-1017, 2005
An efficient method for alkylation of alcohols with alkyl P,P-diphenyl-N-(methanesulfonyl)phosphinimidates
Alkyl P,P-diphenyl-N-(methanesulfonyl)phosphinimidates, easily prepared from alkyl diphenylphosphinites and methanesulfonyl azide, are used as a useful reagent for O-alkylation of alcohols in the presence of a catalytic amount of trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (Me3SiOTf).