Why is tetrazole formation by addition of azide to organic nitriles catalyzed by zinc(II) salts?

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 33, 2003, Pages 9983-9987

  Himo, Fahmi ^a,b   Demko, Zachary P ^a,c   Noodleman, Louis ^a   Sharpless, K Barry ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; POSITIVE IONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

TETRAZOLES;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

AZIDE; NITRILE; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; HYBRIDIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY;

AZIDES; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRILES; TETRAZOLES; ZINC;

EID: 0041519440     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja030204q     Document Type: Article

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