Interestingly, reacting the imidation product 3a with NaN3 provided the γ-azidated alkenyl MIDA boronate 11, which can then be applicable to the iodofluorination reaction as well (12). A E2 elimination occurred by heating 3a with NaI under microwave irradiation to give a boryl-substituted diene 13. SCHEME 4. Synthetic derivatizations of 3a.