The mechanism of the CuAAC reaction has been investigated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI‐MS) using a combination of the neutral reactant approach and the ion‐tagging strategy. Under these conditions, for the first time, putative dinuclear copper intermediates were fished out and characterized by ESI(+)‐MS/MS. New insight into the CuAAC reaction mechanisms is provided and a catalytic cycle is proposed.
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