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.
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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.