Issue 5, 2025

From boom to bloom: synthesis of diazidodifluoromethane, its stability and applicability in the ‘click’ reaction

Abstract

Diazidodifluoromethane was prepared from dibromodifluoromethane, sodium azide and an alkanethiolate initiator. It represents the first example of a diazidomethane that is stable enough to be used in synthesis. The stability of (poly)azidomethanes was explored with ab initio calculations. Copper(I)-catalysed azide–alkyne cycloaddition of the title azide with alkynes afforded difluoromethylene-containing bis(1,2,3-triazoles)amenable to Rh(II)-catalysed transannulation with nitriles to difluoromethylene bis(imidazoles).

Graphical abstract: From boom to bloom: synthesis of diazidodifluoromethane, its stability and applicability in the ‘click’ reaction

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Sep 2024
Accepted
17 Nov 2024
First published
20 Nov 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2025,61, 885-888

From boom to bloom: synthesis of diazidodifluoromethane, its stability and applicability in the ‘click’ reaction

M. Ziabko, S. Suikov, J. Filgas, P. Slavíček, M. Gazdurová, L. Bednárová, R. Matyáš, B. Klepetářová, T. David and P. Beier, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 885 DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05128A

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