摘要:
                                Aromatic asymmetric halomesylate mustards are efficiently prepared by reaction of activated aromatic chlorides with aziridine-ethanol/alkali metal halides, followed by mesylation of the haloalcohol. The reaction conditions are sufficiently mild to be compatible with a range of different substituents and protecting groups, including carboxylate and phosphate esters, and have been used in an improved synthesis of the anticancer bromomesylate mustard PR-104, now in clinical trials. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.