Description Application Diethyl azodicarboxylate (DEAD) is a reagent used in the Mitsunobu reaction. DEAD can also be used as a reagent in the: • Synthesis of esters, ethers, amines, and thioethers of alcohols. • Oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl derivatives using ZnBr2 as a catalyst via dehydrogenation reaction. • Conversion of alcohol to an azide key intermediate in the total synthesis of immunostimulant α-galactosylceramides. • Synthesis of aza-β-lactams from aryl(alkyl)ketenes. • Synthesis of 1H-1,2,4-triazole-1,4(5H)-dicarboxylate derivatives. • Diels-Alder type reactions. Reactant for preparation of: • Immunostimulants α-Galactosylceramides • Cellotriose and cellotetraose analogues as transition state mimics for mechanistic studies of cellulases • Bisubstrate inhibitors with molecular recognition at the active site of catechol-O-methyltransferase • Derivatives of F200 and S383 with cannabinoid CB1 receptor binding activities • Aza-β-lactams via NHC-catalyzed [2 + 2] cycloaddition with ketenes Reagent for: • Annulation of N-protected imines • α-thiocyanation of enolizable ketones with ammonium thiocyanate • Diels-Alder reactions Other Notes Reagent used in the Mitsunobu reaction, reviews