The reaction of organic azides with boron trichloride: a new simple route for the production of fused heterocycles containing nitrogen
Abstract
The reaction of boron trichloride with an ortho-aryl and ortho-diazoaryl phenyl azides at room temperature yielded fused azoles via 1,5-cyclization of a probable singlet nitrenium ion intermediate, arising from displacement of molecular nitrogen from the azido group.