Alcohol → Amine: The Canonical Routes (Tosylate/Mesylate, Azide, SN2): Workflow + Practice

Students constantly need 'turn an alcohol into an amine.

• Reaction: Alcohol → Amine: The Canonical Routes (Tosylate/Mesylate, Azide, SN2)
• What it does: Students constantly need 'turn an alcohol into an amine.
• Typical reagents: 1) TsCl, pyridine 2) NaN3 3) LiAlH4, H2O (or H2/Pd)
• Key intermediate: Carbocation
• Driving force: Formation/capture of a stabilized cation
• Exam type: Choose reagents
• Exam type: Plan order of operations
• Exam type: Chemoselectivity