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Communication
Chem. Commun., 2005, 4958 - 4960, DOI: 10.1039/b508679e
Triazene formation via reaction of imidazol-2-ylidenes with azides
Dimitri M. Khramov and Christopher W. Bielawski
Treatment of N-heterocyclic carbenes (as their free carbenes or generated in situ) with alkyl, aryl, acyl or tosyl azides afforded the respective substituted triazenes in excellent yields.

