'Click' cycloaddition catalysts: copper(I) and copper(II) tris(triazolylmethyl)amine complexes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Jun 7:(21):2459-61. doi: 10.1039/b719724a. Epub 2008 Mar 27.

Abstract

The CuI complex of the 'click' ligand tris(benzyltriazolylmethyl)amine is an unusual dinuclear dication with one triazole unit bridging two metal centers, and is an effective catalyst for the 'click' cycloaddition reaction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkynes / chemistry
  • Azides / chemical synthesis
  • Azides / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Cyclization
  • Ligands
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Triazoles / chemical synthesis
  • Triazoles / chemistry

Substances

  • Alkynes
  • Azides
  • Ligands
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Triazoles
  • Copper