Hartwig-Buchwald amination on solid supports: a novel access to a diverse set of 1H-benzotriazoles.

Hartwig-Buchwald amination reactions of bromo- and chloroarenes were performed on solid supports with triazene-linked arenes. Immobilized 2-haloarenes were treated with diverse primary amines and anilines at 100 degrees C under palladium catalysis to yield N-substituted 2-aminoarenes. The latter were alternatively formed through reaction of bromo- and chloroarenes with immobilized primary 2-aminobenzenes. Subsequent acidic cleavage furnished 1H-benzotriazoles in high purities. The two described routes allow a broad range of the substitution pattern of N-substituted 1H-benzotriazoles.