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The insertion of methanesulfonylnitrene into C–H and O–H bonds was investigated by the photolysis of methanesulfonyl azide In hydrocarbons and in alcohols. The relative reactivity of the sulfonylnitrene toward C–H bonds of hydrocarbons was found to be smaller than that of ethoxycarbonylnitrene, whereas the reactivity of the sulfonylnitrene toward O–H bonds of alcohols was larger than that of the carbonylnitrene.
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