Versatile Reagent for Reduction of Azides to Amines

Bikash C. Pal, Parasuraman Jaisankar, Venkatachalam S. Giri

Synthetic Communications · 2004 · 38 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

Abstract Triphenylphosphine (TPP) in refluxing methanol effectively reduces a variety of azides 1a–k to amines 2a–k in very good yields. Keywords: TriphenylphosphineReductionAzidesAminesStaudinger reaction Acknowledgments The authors thank CSIR, New Delhi and DST, Government of India for the generous grants.

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