Treatment of amines under a carbon dioxide atmosphere withtetramethylphenylguanidine (PhTMG) and diphenylphosphoryl azide (DPPA) in acetonitrile below 0
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C providescarbamoyl azides in high to excellent yields. In addition,epimerization is not observed when optically pure
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-aminoesters are used as substrates.