Mesylate
= Mesylate
{title2=$\mathrm{OMs}$}
A <mesylate> is a methanesulfonate, $\mathrm{ROSO_2Me}$. Converting an alcohol to its <mesylate> improves leaving-group ability without initially cleaving the original <carbon>–<oxygen> bond.
= Mesylate
{title2=$\mathrm{OMs}$}
A <mesylate> is a methanesulfonate, $\mathrm{ROSO_2Me}$. Converting an alcohol to its <mesylate> improves leaving-group ability without initially cleaving the original <carbon>–<oxygen> bond.