Dioxan effect carboxylic acid derivatives

A substituent which appears to be even more readily displaced by nucleophiles than alkylsulfonyl groups is 0-mesyl (OSO CH ). Conversion of a cyclic lactam to its 0-mesyl derivative is accomplished by treatment with methanesulfonyl chloride/Et N in methylene chloride solution displacement takes place readily with dlmethylamine (15 min at 20 in dioxane). This may prove to be a generally useful procedure for replacement of lactam oxygen by other nucleophiles without resorting to intermediate chloro compounds. Note that 2-trlfluoromethanesulfonyloxypyridlne (from 2(lH)-pyridone, NaH, and trifluoromethanesulfonyl chloride) is an effective reagent for cile acylation of activated aromatic compounds with carboxylic acids. 

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