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Staudinger Reduction

Azides may be converted to amines by hydrogenation, but another possibility is the Staudinger Reaction, which is a very mild azide reduction. As there are a variety of methods for preparing azides readily, the Staudinger Reaction makes it possible to use -N3 as an -NH2 synthon.


Mechanism of the Staudinger Reaction

Triphenylphosphine reacts with the azide to generate a phosphazide, which loses N2 to form an iminophosphorane. Aqueous work up leads to the amine and the very stable phosphine oxide.


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Recent Literature


Catalytic Staudinger Reduction at Room Temperature
D. C. Lenstra, J. J. Wolf, J. Mecinović, J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84, 6536-6545.


A One-Pot, Solid-Phase Synthesis of Secondary Amines from Reactive Alkyl Halides and an Alkyl Azide
S. Ayesa, B. Samuelsson, B. Classon, Synlett, 2008, 89-93.


ROMPgel-Supported Triphenylphosphine with Potential Application in Parallel Synthesis
E. Arstad, A. G. M. Barrett, B. T. Hopkins, J. Koebberling, Org. Lett., 2002, 1975-1977.


Catalytic Staudinger-Vilarrasa Reaction for the Direct Ligation of Carboxylic Acids and Azides
J. Burés, M. Martín, F. Urpí, J. Vilarrasa, J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74, 2203-2206.


High-Yielding Staudinger Ligation of a Phosphinothioester and Azide To Form a Peptide
B. L. Nilsson, L. L. Kiessling, R. T. Raines, Org. Lett., 2001, 3, 9-12.


Synthesis of Acyl Phosphoramidates Employing a Modified Staudinger Reaction
I. Currie, B. E. Sleebs, Org. Lett., 2021, 23, 464-468.


One-Pot Synthesis of Polysubstituted Imidazoles via Sequential Staudinger/aza-Wittig/Ag(I)-Catalyzed Cyclization/Isomerization
J. Xiong, X. Wei, Z.-M. Liu, M.-W. Ding, J. Org. Chem., 2017, 82, 13735-13739.


Synthesis of Polysubstituted Pyridines via a One-Pot Metal-Free Strategy
H. Wei, Y. Li, K. Xiao, B. Cheng, H. Wang, L. Hu, H. Zhai, Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 5974-5977.


A Tandem Approach to Isoquinolines from 2-Azido-3-arylacrylates and α-Diazocarbonyl Compounds
Y.-Y. Yang, W.-G. Shou, Z.-B. Chen, D. Hong, Y.-G. Wang, J. Org. Chem., 2008, 73, 3928-3930.


Three-Component, One-Pot Sequential Synthesis of 1,3-Disubstituted 5-Arylhydantoins
F. Olimpieri, A. Volonterio, M. Zanda, Synlett, 2008, 3016-3020.


Staudinger Condensation for the Preparation of Thiohydantoins
S. Gosling, C. El Amri, A. Tatibouët, Synthesis, 2014, 46, 1079-1084.


Enantioselective Synthesis of Quaternary Oxindoles: Desymmetrizing Staudinger-Aza-Wittig Reaction Enabled by a Bespoke HypPhos Oxide Catalyst
C. Xie, J. Kim, B. K. Mai, S. Cao, R. Ye, X.-Y. Wang, P. Liu, O. Kwon, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 21318-21327.