Isocyanates from primary amines and carbon dioxide: ‘dehydration’ of carbamate anions
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 8,p. 957-958
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39940000957
Abstract
Carbamate anions, derived from primary amines CO2 and an added base (e.g. NEt3), undergo rapid reaction with electrophilic ‘dehydrating agents’(e.g. POCl3, P4O10) to give the corresponding isocyanates in excellent yields.Keywords
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