N-phosphoryl amino acids could be catalyzed by imidazole to result in solvolysis such as ester exchanges on phosphorus, esterification, formation of peptides and N→O migration of the phosphoryl group. 咪唑对磷酰化氨基酸的活化反应具有较强的催化作用，磷酰化丝、苏氨酸在咪唑催化下不仅能发生溶剂解反应，如磷上酯交换、羧基活化成酯、成肽及磷酰基的N→O迁移等，而且还会发生分子内环化反应；
Solvolysis is a special type of nucleophilic substitution (SN1) or elimination where the nucleophile is a solvent molecule. For certain nucleophiles, there are specific terms for the type of solvolysis reaction. For water, the term is hydrolysis; for alcohols, it is alcoholysis; for ammonia, it is ammonolysis; for glycols, glycolysis; for amines, aminolysis.