Conversion of Pyridine N-Oxides to Tetrazolopyridines
Shanshan Liu, Dieter Lentz and C. Christoph Tzschucke*
*Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie,
Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Email: tzschucke
chemie.fu-berlin.de
S. Liu, D. Lentz, C. C. Tzschucke, J. Org. Chem., 2014, 79, 3249-3254.
DOI: 10.1021/jo500231m
Abstract
Treatment of pyridine N-oxides with 4-toluene sulfonyl chloride and sodium azide in toluene at elevated temperature enables an efficient and convenient synthesis of tetrazolopyridines.
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