Cu/Pd-Catalyzed, Three-Component Click Reaction of Azide, Alkyne, and Aryl Halide: One-Pot Strategy toward Trisubstituted Triazoles

A Cu/Pd-catalyzed, three-component click reaction of azide, alkyne, and aryl halide has been developed. By using this Cu/Pd transmetalation relay catalysis, a variety of 1,4,5-trisubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles were quickly assembled in one step in high yields with complete regioselectivity, just like assembling Lego bricks. Notably, different from the well-established CuAAC click reactions only working on terminal alkynes, this reaction offers an alternative solution for the problem of the click reaction of internal alkynes.