An enolate-mediated organocatalytic azide-ketone [3+2]-cycloaddition reaction: regioselective high-yielding synthesis of fully decorated 1,2,3-triazoles.

An enolate-mediated organocatalytic azide-ketone [3+2]-cycloaddition (OrgAKC) reaction of a variety of enolizable arylacetones and deoxybenzoins with aryl azides was developed for the synthesis of fully decorated 1,4-diaryl-5-methyl(alkyl)-1,2,3-triazoles in excellent yields with high regioselectivity at 25 °C for 0.5-6 h. This reaction has an excellent outcome with reference to reaction rate, yield, regioselectivity, operation simplicity, and availability of substrates and catalyst. This reaction has advantages over the previously known metal-mediated reactions.