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. 2020 Aug 18;26(52):12019–12026. doi: 10.1002/chem.202001803

Table 1.

A comparison of CuAAC and metal‐free cycloaddition reactions.

Entry

Catalytic system[a]

Solvent[a]

Product

Yield[a] [%]

CuI‐catalyzed

1

CuSO4 5 H2O (20 mol %), sodium ascorbate (40 mol %)

CH2Cl2/H2O (1:1)

8

70

2

CuSO4 5 H2O (20 mol %), sodium ascorbate (40 mol %)

CH2Cl2/H2O (1:1)

10

35

3

CuSO4 5 H2O (20 mol %), sodium ascorbate (40 mol %)

CH2Cl2/H2O (1:1)

12

32

4

CuSO4 5 H2O (1 equiv), sodium ascorbate (4 equiv)

H2O

8

9

metal‐free click reaction

5

DBU (1 equiv), malononitrile (1 equiv)

DMSO

8

43

6

DBU (1 equiv), malononitrile (1 equiv)

DMSO

10

30

7

DBU (1 equiv), malononitrile (1 equiv)

DMSO

12

36

8

DBU (1 equiv), malononitrile (1 equiv)

H2O

8

30

[a] Reaction conditions and product yields correspond to the reaction mechanism depicted in Scheme 2.