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. 2021 Jul 29;60(35):19483–19490. doi: 10.1002/anie.202107158

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

Proton transfer steps during the S→N acyl shift in NCL reactions. A) Hypothetic mechanism explaining the slow rate of the S→N acyl shift in auxiliary‐mediated ligation. B) An internal base within the auxiliary may accelerate S→N acyl transfer.