Highly efficient and safe procedure for the synthesis of aryl 1,2,3-triazoles from aromatic amine in a continuous flow reactor

The Letter reports a safe and reliable synthesis of aryl 1,2,3-triazoles from the corresponding anilines via intermediate aryl azides, using a continuous process. The method was applied to a variety of substrates with good to excellent yields, without the need to isolate the reactive and possibly unstable intermediates which were constantly kept at low concentration in the matrix environment.