The tetrazolylmethyl and related radicals: A convenient access to tetrazoles and other heterocyclic derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(97)10457-9

The tetrazole unit can be simply introduced by addition of the 5- tetrazolmethyl radical to a variety of terminal olefins using the xanthate transfer technology; the same principle can be applied to other heterocyclic systems such as imidazoles and benzothiazoles.