Editing Azide (section)

=== Click chemistry ===
{{Main article|Click chemistry|Azide-alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition}}
The azide [[functional group]] is commonly utilized in [[click chemistry]] through [[Copper#Compounds|copper(I)]]-[[Catalysis|catalyzed]] azide-[[alkyne]] [[cycloaddition]] ([[CuAAC]]) reactions, where copper(I) catalyzes the cycloaddition of an organoazide to a terminal alkyne, forming a [[triazole]].<ref>{{cite journal| journal = Proceedings of the Chemical Society of London| page = 357| year= 1961| title = Centenary Lecture – 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions| author = Huisgen, R. | doi = 10.1039/PS9610000357}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=H. C. Kolb |author2=M. G. Finn |author3=K. B. Sharpless | title = Click Chemistry: Diverse Chemical Function from a Few Good Reactions | year = 2001 | journal = [[Angewandte Chemie International Edition]] | volume = 40 | issue = 11 | pages = 2004–2021 | doi = 10.1002/1521-3773(20010601)40:11<2004::AID-ANIE2004>3.0.CO;2-5 | pmid=11433435| doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Kolb|first=H.C.|author2=Sharpless, B.K.|title=The growing impact of click chemistry on drug discovery|year=2003|volume=8|issue=24|pages=1128–1137|doi=10.1016/S1359-6446(03)02933-7|pmid=14678739|journal=Drug Discov Today|doi-access=free}}</ref>