Azide

An azide is a N3- anion, or a reactive group in organic chemistry where a carbon substituent is attached as RN3. The azido group is the corresponding N3 organic functional group.

Organic azides

Organic azides are relatively stable substituents, they act as electrophiles on the terminal nitrogen (usually liberating nitrogen after cycloreversion reactions), and have electron-donating character for the neighboring carbon. Azides engage in useful reactions, such as the Staudinger Ligation, the Curtius rearrangement or the Azide alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition.

Related Topics:
Staudinger Ligation - Curtius rearrangement - Azide alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition

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