2. Draw the structure of each of these sulfonate leaving groups. See lecture 18 notes.
Name Tosylate Mesylate Triflate
Abbreviation
Structure
3. Goal: Draw the appropriate mechanism for the transformation below.
3.A. Catalog the changes from starting materials to products. (reference HW A to see the format/hints).
3.B. Organize those changes into coherent types of mechanistic steps.
The choices in this reaction are: acid/base, LG leaves, resonance and nuc attacks.