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{TRC} Wilson, W., et al.: Curr. Med. Chem., 7, 73 (2000),

{ALF} See also Di-tert-butyl­ azodicarboxyl­ate, L00294, and Diisopropyl­ azodicarboxyl­ate, L10386.

{ALF} Dehydrogenating agent and aza-dienophile. Oxidizes alcohols to aldehydes, thiols to disulfides and hydrazo to azo groups: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 88, 2328 (1966). Arylhydroxylamines are converted in high yield to nitroso compounds: Chem. Commun., 199 (1967).

{ALF} Undergoes pericyclic reactions with alkenes and dienes via both ene and Diels-Alder processes. For further details and references, see: Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, L. A. Paquette, Ed., Wiley, Chichester (1995), vol. 3, p. 1790.

{ALD} Merck: 14,10340

{ALF} In combination with Triphenyl­phosphine, L02502, is widely used in the Mitsunobu reaction for activation of primary and secondary alcohols by formation of the alkoxyphosphonium salts, which behave as versatile alkylating agents under mild SN2 conditions: reactions normally proceed with inversion of configuration. For reviews, see: Synthesis, 1 (1981); Org. React., 42, 335 (1992); Org.

{ALF} For study of the mechanism, see: J. Org. Chem., 67, 1751 (2002).

{ALF} In combination with Triphenyl­phosphine, L02502, is widely used in the Mitsunobu reaction for activation of primary and secondary alcohols by formation of the alkoxyphosphonium salts, which behave as versatile alkylating agents under mild SN2 conditions: reactions normally proceed with inversion of configuration. For reviews, see: Synthesis, 1 (1981); Org. React., 42, 335 (1992); Org. Prep. Proced. Int., 28, 127 (1996); Synlett, 1221 (2003); Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2763 (2004):

{ALD} Merck: 14,10340

Beilstein:3,123

{ALF} ɑ-Amination of aldehydes can be effected in the presence of L-proline as an enantioselective catalyst, affording chiral ɑ-amino alcohols and ɑ-amino acids with good ee: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 41, 1790 (2002); for a similar reaction with scheme,