“…2-Diazo-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethan-1-one (4j).. 19b,25a A total of 13.2 mg of 4j (75%) was obtained from azide 3j (19.1 mg, 0.10 mmol), tosyl hydrazide (93.9 mg, 0.50 mmol, 5.0 equiv), and pyrrolidine (21.0 μL, 0.25 mmol, 2.5 equiv) in DMSO (0.5 mL, 0.2 M) for 3 h followed by neutral silica gel chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate = 10/1 to 6/1): pale yellow solid; R f value 0.50 (hexane/ethyl acetate = 1/1); mp 75−76 °C; IR (NaCl, neat) ν max 3099,2115,1611,1590,1567,1388, 1372 cm −1 ; 1 H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 7.74 (d, 2H, J = 9.0 Hz), 6.93 (d, 2H, J = 9.0 Hz), 5.85 (s, 1H), 3.87 (s, 3H); 13 C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 185. 2, 163.2, 129.4, 128.7, 113.8, 55.4, 53.5; LRMS (EI, M = C 9 H 8 N 2 O 2 ) m/z 176 (79%, M + ), 135 (100), 120 (28), 91 (35), 77 (52); HRMS (EI) calcd for C 9 H 8 N 2 O 2 (M + ) 176.0586, found 176.0589. 1-(4-Bromophenyl)-2-diazoethan-1-one (4k).. 19b,25a A total of 13.0 mg of 4k (58%) was obtained from the reaction with azide 3k (17.4 mg, 0.10 mmol), tosyl hydrazide (93.1 mg, 0.50 mmol, 5.0 equiv), and pyrrolidine (21.0 μL, 0.25 mmol, 2.5 equiv) in DMSO (0.5 mL, 0.2 M) for 0.5 h followed by neutral silica gel chromatography (hexane/ ethyl acetate = 10/1): pale yellow solid; R f value 0.37 (hexane/ethyl acetate = 3/1); mp 110−111 °C; IR (KBr, disc) ν max 3115, 2118, 1608, 1590, 1401, 1379, 1070 cm −1 ; 1 H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 7.63 (d, 2H, J = 8.5 Hz), 7.59 (d, 2H, J = 8.5 Hz), 5.88 (s, 1H); 13 C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 185.1, 135.3, 131.9, 128.2, 127.6, 54.4; LRMS (EI, M = C 8 H 5 BrN 2 O) m/z 226 (42%, M + of 81 Br), 224 (42, M + of 79 Br), 185 (55), 183 (56), 89 (100)…”