Staudinger reaction

Staudinger reaction
Named after Hermann Staudinger
Reaction type Organic redox reaction
Identifiers
Organic Chemistry Portal staudinger-reaction
RSC ontology ID RXNO:0000066

The Staudinger reaction is a chemical reaction of an organic azide with a phosphine or phosphite produces an iminophosphorane. The reaction was discovered by and named after Hermann Staudinger. The reaction follows this stoichiometry:

R3P + R'N3 → R3P=NR' + N2