Facile acyl transfer from imidazole to the hydroxy-group in a cationic micelle in the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl acetate
Abstract
The hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl acetate in the presence of a mixed micelle of NN-dimethyl-N-2-hydroxyethylstearyl ammonium bromide (1b) and 4-imidazolyl derivatives (2) has been found to occur by a fast acylation of the imidazole followed by a fast quantitative transfer of the acyl group to the hydroxy-group.