Fluorinated organic azides – their preparation and synthetic applications

Abstract

Alkyl azides are widely used in many reactions. Although synthesis of such species is relatively well documented, fluorinated azides, especially with large perfluorinated or highly fluorinated groups, are sometimes tricky to make. The presence of fluorine in reacting molecules, sometimes causes significant changes in the reactivity of reacting species. In this paper we give a short overview of re-examination of currently available methods of synthesis of selected azides with highly fluorinated groups.