Bifunctional Furfuryl Cations Strategy: Three-Component Synthesis of Enamidyl Triazoles.

A new multicomponent synthesis of functionalized enamidyl triazoles starting from simple and readily available starting materials is described. A simple treatment of a dichloromethane solution of an azide, amine, and 5-bromo-2-furylcarbinol with a Lewis acid provides the enamidyl triazole in good to high yield. A triple domino sequence, formal [3+2] cycloaddition/ring-opening/amidation, is involved in this new skeleton-generating reaction.