Rearrangements – Neighbouring Group Migration

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In this rearrangement OH replaces Cl but with a change in the molecular structure. The substitution goes with complete rearrangement – the amine ends up attatched to a different carbon. The reaction starts off looking like a neighbouring group participation. The intermediate is an aziridinium ion (nitrogen analogue of an epoxide). The hydroxide ion chooses to attack the less hindered terminal carbon 1, and a rearrangement results – the amine has migrated from carbon 1 to carbon 2.

W. R. Brode and M. W. Hill, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 724–724.

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