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Synthesis of 1,2-azido alcohols

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An efficient ring opening of epoxides and aziridines has been carried out at room temperature using poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-400) as reaction medium to form the corresponding 2-azido alcohols and 2-azido amines, respectively, in excellent yields within 30-45 minutes and with high regio- and stereoselectivity.
B. Das, V. S. Reddy, F. Tehseen, M. Krishnaiah, Synthesis, 2007, 666-668.

A wide variety of epoxides and aziridines were converted to the corresponding β-azido alcohols and β-azido amines with sodium azide using Oxone® in aqueous acetonitrile. The reactions were highly regioselective and efficient with excellent yields at room temperature under mild reaction conditions.
G. Sabitha, S. R. Babu, M. S. K. Reddy, J. S. Yadav, Synthesis, 2002, 2254-2258.

A convenient, efficient, and highly regioselective synthesis of 1,2-azidoalcohols and 1,2-azidoamines in excellent yields has been achieved by using cerium(III) chloride and sodium azide for a mild ring opening of epoxides and aziridines.
G. Sabitha, R. S. Babu, M. Rajkumar, J. S. Vadav, Org. Lett., 2002, 4, 343-345.

Aldehydes are safely and conveniently converted to acyl azides and benzyl ethers to azido ethers by treatment with polymer supported iodine azide in MeCN at 83 °C. The reaction provides an alternative to the use of iodine azide in radical azidonations.
L. G. Marinescu, C. M. Pedersen, M. Bols, Tetrahedron, 2005, 61, 123-127.