A facile preparation of alkyl azides from alkyl bromides and sodium azide using 18-crown-6 ether doped clay

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919908086450

A high yield synthesis of alkyl azides is described from readily accessible alkyl bromides and sodium azide using a recyclable phase transfer catalyst, 18-crown-6 ether impregnated clay.

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A Facile Preparation of Alkyl Azides
from Alkyl Bromides and Sodium
Azide Using 18-Crown-6 Ether
Doped Clay
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Rajender S. Varma , Kannan P. Naicker & Jason
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Aschberger
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Department of Chemistry and Texas Research Institute
for Environmental Studies (TRIES) , Sam Houston State
University , Huntsville, Texas, 77341-2117, U.S.A.
Published online: 25 Sep 2007.
To cite this article: Rajender S. Varma , Kannan P. Naicker & Jason Aschberger (1999) A Facile
Preparation of Alkyl Azides from Alkyl Bromides and Sodium Azide Using 18-Crown-6 Ether
Doped Clay, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of
Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 29:16, 2823-2830, DOI: 10.1080/00397919908086450
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