Trapping of Azidocarbenium Ion: A Unique Route for Azide Synthesis
Suman Pramanik and Prasanta Ghorai*
*Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research Bhopal, Indore By-pass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal 462066, India, Email:
pghorai
iiserb.ac.in
S. Pramanik, P. Ghorai, Org. Lett., 2014, 16, 2104-2107.
DOI: 10.1021/ol5008235
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Abstract
The sensitive azidocarbenium ion intermediate can be trapped with various nucleophiles to provide azides in excellent chemoselectivity. The method enables the chemoselective synthesis of primary and secondary benzyl azides from aldehydes in a one-pot reaction.
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