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Trifluoromethanesulfonyl azide

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Pubchem
  
10986786

Solubility in water
  
insoluble

Chemical formula
  
CF3N3O2S

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Trifluoromethanesulfonyl azide or triflyl azide is an organic azide used as a reagent in organic synthesis.

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Preparation

Trifluoromethanesulfonyl azide is not commercially available. It is prepared before use by reacting trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride with sodium azide, traditionally in dichloromethane. However, use of dichloromethane should be avoided because sodium azide is known to generate highly explosive azido-chloromethane and diazidomethane in situ by nucleophilic substitution on dichloromethane. Moreover, the volatility of dichloromethane is a liability, as unsolvated triflyl azide is a detonation hazard. The reaction may also be carried out in toluene, acetonitrile, or pyridine.

Tf2O + NaN3 → TfN3 + NaOTf (Tf = CF3SO2)

The trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride starting material is rather expensive, and the product is explosive, and does not store well. As a result, imidazole-1-sulfonyl azide has been developed as an alternative.

Reactions

Trifluoromethanesulfonyl azide generally converts amines to azides. Trifluoromethanesulfonyl azide may be formed in situ from trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride and sodium azide; it reacts with the amine present in a one-pot reaction.

References

Trifluoromethanesulfonyl azide Wikipedia


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