Issue 43, 2007
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Chemical Communications

Unexpected photolytic decomposition of alkyl azides under mild conditions†

Giovanni Abbenante,a   Giang T. Lea  and  David P. Fairlie*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Centre for Drug Design and Development, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
E-mail: d.fairlie@imb.uq.edu.au
Fax: +61-733462990

Abstract

Alkyl azides have been found to undergo an unexpectedly facile photodecomposition under mild conditions (laboratory light) and the reaction gives rise to small amounts of aldehydes and monoacyl aminal rearrangement products that can dramatically impact on the uses of azides in chemistry, biology and medicine.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B708134K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 May 2007
Accepted
02 Aug 2007
First published
22 Aug 2007

Chem. Commun., 2007, 4501-4503

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Unexpected photolytic decomposition of alkyl azides under mild conditions

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