Copper Triflate: An Efficient Catalyst for Direct Conversion of Secondary Alcohols into Azides
Poonam Khedar, Kasiviswanadharaju Pericherla, Anil Kumar*
*Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and
Science, Pilani 333031 , India, Email: anilkumar
pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
P. Khedar, K. Pericherla, A. Kumar, Synlett, 2014, 25, 515-518.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1340550
Abstract
The use of azidotrimethylsilane (TMSN3) as azide source in the presence of copper(II) triflate [Cu(OTf)2] enables a simple, practical, and efficient direct synthesis of organic azides in good yields from secondary benzylic alcohols.
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Key Words
azides, azidotrimethylsilane, copper triflate, Lewis acid
ID: J60-Y2014
