Facile reduction of azides with sodium borohydride / copper (II) sulphate system

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919408011505

Sodium borohydride / copper (II) sulphate reduces alkyl and aryl azides to primary amines and aroyl azides to amides under mild conditions.

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Facile Reduction of Azides with
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Sulphate System
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H. Surya Prakash rao & P. Siva
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Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University,
Pondicherry, 605 014, INDIA
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To cite this article: H. Surya Prakash rao & P. Siva (1994): Facile Reduction of Azides
with Sodium Borohydride/Copper (II) Sulphate System, Synthetic Communications: An
International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 24:4,
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