Matrix photolysis as well as flash vacuum thermolysis (FVT) of 9‐azidoacridine affords 9‐acridinylnitrene, which is characterized by its IR and ESR spectra and is photochemically inert. FVT above 600 °C yields a mixture of the five isomeric cyanocarbazoles. Microwave‐assisted reaction with diethyl‐ and dipropylamines in solution affords acridinylformamidine and acridinylpropionamidine, respectively. Microwave‐assisted reaction with dimethylamine causes nucleophilic displacement of the azido group. Microwave‐assisted 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition with phenylacetylene yields the two regioisomeric 9‐(4‐ and 5‐phenyl‐1,2,3‐triazol‐1‐yl)acridines, whose structures were established by X‐ray crystallography. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.