Lithium azidohydridodiisobutylaluminate in THF as an efficient azide donor

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00766-7

Lithium azidohydridodiisobutylaluminate (1), prepared as a solution in THF from DIBAH and lithium azide at rt, transfers the azide rather than the hydride to the unsymmetrical epoxides regioselectively to produce vic- azidoalcohols in high yields.