A General One-Pot Protocol for Hindered N-Alkyl Azaheterocycles from Tertiary Carboxylic Acids

In this letter, we report a general one-pot strategy that utilizes three elementary steps (decarboxylative hydrazination, Boc deprotection, and heterocycle condensation) to regioselectively prepare hindered C(sp³) substituted pyrazoles and triazoles. The operational simplicity of this sequence and ubiquity of tertiary carboxylic acids allow rapid access to hindered N-alkyl azaheterocycles that will be useful to practitioners of medicinal chemistry and agro-chemistry.