Abstract
Copper iodide was employed as an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole derivatives of podocarpic acid at room temperature through “click” chemistry cycloaddition reactions of methyl O-propargylpodocarpate and propargyl O-propargylpodocarpate with azides.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was supported by the Chemistry Department of the University of Central Florida. The authors thank the Nebraska Center for Mass Spectrometry for providing the MS data.