Organic Azides

* Most current state-of-the-art overview of this important classof compounds, encompassing many new and emergingapplications* The number of articles on organic azides continues to increasetremendously; on average, there are more than 1000 new publicationsa year* Covers basic chemistry as well as state-of-the-art applicationsin life science and materials science* World-ranked authors describe their own research in the widercontext of azide chemistry* Includes a chapter on safe synthesis and handling (azides candecompose explosively)

Forewords: Rolf Huisgen, Valery Fokin, and Barry Sharpless.Preface.List of Contributors.Abbreviations.PART 1: SYNTHESIS AND SAFETY.1 Lab-Scale Synthesis of Azido Compounds: Safety Measures andAnalysis (Thomas Keicher and Stefan Löbbecke).2 Large-Scale Preparation and Usage of Azides (JürgenHaase).3 Synthesis of Azides (Teresa M.V.D. Pinho e Melo).4 Azides by Olefin Hydroazidation Reactions (JérômeWaser and Erick M. Carreira).PART 2: REACTIONS.5 The Chemistry of Vinyl, Allenyl, and Ethynyl Azides (KlausBanert).6 Small Rings by Azide Chemistry (Thomas L. Gilchrist and MariaJosé Alves).7 Schmidt Rearrangement Reactions with Alkyl Azides (ScottGrecian and Jeffrey Aubé).8 Radical Chemistry with Azides (Ciril Jimeno and PhilippeRenaud).9 Cycloaddition Reactions with Azides: An Overview (ChristineSchilling, Nicole Jung and Stefan Bräse).10 Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions in Peptide Chemistry(Christian Wenzel Tornøe and Morten Meldal).11 Photochemistry of Azides: The Azide/Nitrene Interface (NinaGritsan and Matthew Platz).12 Organoazides and Transition Metals (Werner R. Thiel).PART 3: MATERIAL SCIENCES.13 Azide-containing High Energy Materials (Thomas M.Klapötke and Burkhard Krumm).14 Azide Chemistry in Rotaxane and Catenane Synthesis(Stéphanie Durot, Julien Frey, Jean-Pierre Sauvage andChristian Tock).PART 4: APPLICATION IN BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY.15 Aza-Wittig Reaction in Natural Product Syntheses (FranciscoPalacios, Concepción Alonso, Domitila Aparicio, GloriaRubiales and Jesús M. de los Santos).16 Azides in Carbohydrate Chemistry (Henning S.G. Beckmann andValentin Wittmann).Index.