Ï-Allylic azidation of allyl esters was performed with an amphiphilic polystyrene-poly(ethylene glycol) (PS-PEG) resin-supported phosphine-palladium complex in water under heterogeneous conditions to give allyl azides in good to high yields. The polymeric palladium catalyst can be readily recovered and recycled.
The direct stereoselective conversion of various alcohols and hexopyranoses into the corresponding alkyl azides and glycosyl azides, respectively, is efficiently accomplished by using bis(p-nitrophenyl) phosphorazidate and DBU.