Synthesis of 5-substituted 1H-tetrazoles by the copper-catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition of nitriles and trimethylsilyl azide

Chemistry - An Asian Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1575-1580

  Jin, Tienan ^a   Kitahara, Fukuzou ^a   Kamijo, Shin ^b   Yamamoto, Yoshinori ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copper; Cycloaddition; Homogeneous catalysis; Nitriles; Tetrazoles

Indexed keywords

1H TETRAZOLE; 1H-TETRAZOLE; AZIDE; COPPER; ION; NITRILE; POLYMER; SOLVENT; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

AZIDES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; IONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITRILES; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; TETRAZOLES; TRIMETHYLSILYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 54849418707     PISSN: 18614728     EISSN: 1861471X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asia.200800085     Document Type: Article

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