• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.94-98
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• 1993

Various hydrazines such as aryl-, carbonyl-, and sulfonyl-hydrazine were reacted with dinitrogen tetroxide to give the corresponding azides in excellent yields under mild ocnditions at low temperature $(-20-40^\circ{C)}$ in acetonitrile. The reaction appears to be initiated by formation of the .betha.-nitroso hydrazine intermediate which converts into the azide product.