Abstract
The CuCl2‐catalysed addition of alcohols to aliphatic caribodiimides (particularly diisopropylcarbodiimide) to form O,N,N′‐trialkylisoureas may, in the case of bifunctional hydroxy compounds (esters of α‐hydroxycarboxylic acids, diols, halogeno alcohols, amino alcohols, and cyclic hydroxy ethers), continue to give 5‐, 6‐, and 7‐membered 1,3‐O,N or 1,3‐N,N heterocycles. O,N,N′‐Trialkylisoureas are selective alkylating agents. Thus alcohols with allyl structures can be etherified with diisopropylcarbodiimide; a new method of esterification via O,N,N′‐trialkylisoureas has been applied to mesitylenecarboxylic acid.

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