“…Interestingly, by employing β-thioenaminones 21 to react with tosyl azide in water in the presence of TMEDA (N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl ethylenediamine), our group [20] further developed a facile method for the synthesis of 5-sulfur side chain functionalized 1,2, Rather recently, our continuous explore [21] in such annulation reactions proved that enaminoesters 23 (R 3 = aryl) could react with tosyl azide in pure water medium to access 1,2,3-triazoles 24 in the presence of catalytic amount of Et 3 N. In addition, when N-alkyl enaminoesters of type 23 was used, the selectivity of the reaction was switched to provide sulfonamides 25 (Scheme 11). Control experiment in water using directly β-keto ester and primary amine as precursors of 23 to react with 19 did not provide product 24, confirming that the interaction of enaminone and water was crucial for the reactions.…”