“…Several reagents have previously been used to transform the monosubstituted hydrazines to the corresponding azides: 8 nitrous acid, 9 alkyl nitrites, 10 nitrosyl chloride, 10a,11 nitrosyl tetraflouroborate, 12 clayfen, 13 and dinitrogen tetroxide. 14 We were aware of numerous examples where SHNC was employed for the synthesis of various Co(III) complexes by the displacement of the nitro groups by amine ligands using ammonia, 15 monodentate, bidentate, or multidentate amines, 16 amino acids, 17 or the mixture of an amine and an amino acid. 18 The nitrosation of the amine function of those substrates with SHNC was not observed.…”