Organic azides are readily reduced to the corresponding amines by treatment with sodium iodide in the presence of acidic ion exchange resin. The process, optimal when performed at 40 °C and 200 mbar pressure on a rotatory evaporator, is extremely efficient, clean, and tolerant of a variety of functional groups.
K. Suthagar and A. J. Fairbanks, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 713 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC08574A
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