One‐Pot Synthesis of Diazirines and
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‐Diazirines from Ketones, Aldehydes and Derivatives: Development and Mechanistic Insight
Broad scope one-pot diazirine synthesis strategies have been developed using two different oxidants depending on the nature of the starting material. In all cases, an inexpensive commercial solution of ammonia (NH3) in methanol (MeOH) was employed, avoiding the difficult use of liquid ammonia. With aliphatic ketones, t-butyl hypochlorite (t-BuOCl) was found to be the best oxidant whereas it is preferable
A novel strategy for the dehydrogenation of the NH−NH bond is disclosed using potassium tert‐butoxide (tBuOK) in liquid ammonia (NH3) under air at room temperature. Its synthetic value is well demonstrated by the highly efficient synthesis of aromatic azo compounds (up to 100 % yield, 3 min), heterocyclic azo compounds, and dehydrazination of phenylhydrazine. The broad application of this strategy