The reaction of acetylides with sulfonyl azides was found to selectively form 1,5-substituted sulfonyl triazoles. This reaction thus provides access to the regioisomeric product as compared to the popular copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition. The reaction is efficient and selective with a variety of alkyne sources and sulfonyl azides and can incorporate an additional electrophile to yiel...

A new method for the synthesis of N-substituted isoindolinones and 3-arylaminophthalides was developed through aza-Wittig/cyclisation. The reaction of o-phthalaldehydic acid methyl ester with benzylic, aromatic and aliphatic azides gave N-isoindolinones whereas reaction of o-phthalaldehydic acid with the aromatic azides gave 3-arylaminophthalides.

Substituted pyrroles were prepared by a gold(I)-catalyzed acetylenic Schmidt reaction of homopropargyl azides. The reaction allows for regiospecific substitution at each position of the pyrrole ring under mild conditions. A mechanism in which azides serve as nucleophiles toward gold(I)-activated alkynes with subsequent gold(I)-aided expulsion of dinitrogen is proposed.

Lewis acid-mediated conjugate addition of vinyl azides to electron-deficient alkenes led to the efficient construction of 1-pyrroline skeletons. The reactions of vinyl azides with 3-alkylidene-2-oxoindolines afford 3',4'-dihydrospiro[indoline-3,2'-pyrrol]-2-ones in a diastereoselective fashion, whereas those with dimethyl 2-alkylidenemalonates provide 4,5-dihydro-3H-pyrroles.

Experimental and computational studies on the formation of aryl azides from the corresponding diazonium salts support a stepwise mechanism via acyclic zwitterionic intermediates. The low energy barriers associated with both transition structures are compatible with very fast and efficient processes, thus making this method suitable for the chemical synthesis of radiolabelled aryl azides.

The synthesis of a novel class of 2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene-(1-arylhydrazinyl)-2-aryl(alkyl)ethylidene derivativesvia a copper-catalyzed tandem reaction of isatin, arylhydrazines, sulfonyl azides and terminal alkynes is described.

The cluster compounds (NH4)4[Nb6Cl12(N3)6](H2O)2 (1) and Na1.15(3)La0.85(3)[Nb6Cl12(N3)6](H2O)13(1) (2) have been synthesized by the reaction of an aqueous solution of Nb6Cl14 with an excess of NaN3 and the respective chloride salts. 1 crystallizes isotypically to the other alkali metal cluster azides in the space group P1̄ (no. 2) with the lattice parameters a = 908.97(8), b = 932.78(8), c = 10...

A novel strategy for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines via efficient catalyst/metal-free annulations of α-keto vinyl azides and 2-aminopyridines is described. Several imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines were synthesized from readily available vinyl azides and 2-aminopyridines and obtained in highly pure form by simply evaporating the reaction solvent. This remarkably high yielding and atom economica...

Nucleophilic transformations of azido-containing carbonyl compounds are disclosed. The phosphazide formation from azides enabled groups with nucleophiles.

Benzoyl azides were used for the direct and atom economic C–H amidation of electron rich heteroarenes in the presence of phosphoric acid, a photocatalyst and visible light. Hetero-aromatic amides are obtained in good yields at very mild reaction conditions with dinitrogen as the only by-product. The reaction allows the use of aryl-, heteroarylor alkenyl acyl azides and has a wide scope for hete...