TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The base is inorganic base selected from sodium methoxide, sodium t-butoxide, potassium t-butoxide, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. The aminating agent is ammonia, preferably methanolic ammonia. The aminating agent is aqueous ammonia.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Process: The process (P1) involves reacting 2,6-difluorobenzyl azide with 2,3-dihalo compound in the presence of a solvent. The process (P1) involves carrying out the reaction in presence of a base and an activating agent. In the process (P1), the compound (I) having R as -OR1 is further treated with an animating agent to form rufinamide. Preferred Components: The solvent is selected from 1,4- dioxane, ethylene glycol, diglyme, diethylene glycol, isopropyl alcohol or diethyl ether. The base is an organic base selected from triethyl amine, tetramethylethylenediamine, bis(2-(N,N-dimethylamino)ethyl)ether, 1,8-diazabicycloundec-7-ene (DBU), 1,4- diazabicyclo(2.2.2)octane (DABCO). The activating agent is selected from trimethyl silyl chloride, trimethyl silyl bromide, trimethyl silyl iodide, trimethyl silyl fluoride, trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (TMSOTf), trimethyl silyl cyanide and N,N-bis(trimethylsilyl)- trifiuoroacetamide. The azide in the process (P2) is an alkali metal azide, selected from sodium or potassium azide, R2Si- or P(O)(O-1-6C alkyl) or diphenyl phosphoryl azide.R2=1-6C alkyl, preferably trimethyl silyl azide. ACTIVITY - Anticonvulsant. No biological data given.    MECHANISM OF ACTION - None given.    SPECIFIC COMPOUNDS - Preparation of 1 compound i.e. methyl 1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxylate of formula (Ia) is disclosed as compound (I).    EXAMPLE - A 20 g 2,6-difluorobenzyl azide, 43.63 g 2,3-dibromo methyl propionate, 19.36 g tri ethyl amine and 200 ml isopropyl alcohol were charged in a reaction vessel. The reaction mixture was heated to 75-80 degrees C for 25 hours. After completion of the reaction, isopropyl alcohol was evaporated in vacuum to give brown solid to which water was added and extracted using 150 ml dichloromethane. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried on sodium sulfate and evaporated in vacuum below 40 degrees C to give brown solid. This solid was slurried in n-heptane, filtered and dried at 60-65 degrees C to give light brown solid of methyl 1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxylate (Ia). Then 19 g compound (Ia) was dissolved in 285 ml methanol at 65-70 degrees C. Added dropwise 150 ml of 20% liquid NH3 over a period of 30 minutes. The mixture was then stirred at 65-70 degrees C for 5-6 hours. After the completion of reaction, as monitored by TLC, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature. The solid was filtered, washed with water and dried under vacuum at 65 degrees C to give rufinamide (yield 13.3 g).