Copper-catalyzed intermolecular chloroazidation of α,β-unsaturated amides

Org Biomol Chem. 2016 Aug 21;14(31):7463-7. doi: 10.1039/c6ob01352j. Epub 2016 Jul 27.

Abstract

A highly practical copper-catalyzed intermolecular chloroazidation of α,β-unsaturated amides has been described, giving a series of azidochlorides in good-to-excellent yields. The stable azidoiodine(iii) reagent and SOCl2 were used as azide and chlorine sources, respectively. The synthetic applications of this protocol were also explored by a variety of synthetically useful transformations.