Triazene formation via reaction of imidazol-2-ylidenes with azides.
Treatment of N-heterocyclic carbenes (as their free carbenes or generated in situ) with alkyl, aryl, acyl or tosyl azides afforded the respective substituted triazenes in excellent yields.
Khramov
Dimitri M
DM
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Bielawski
Christopher W
CW
D001386:Azides / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D014226:Triazenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
D001386:Azides; D007093:Imidazoles; D014226:Triazenes; C029899:imidazole