1 -isocyano-2-

In a like manner the 6/3-isocyano group can be utilized to activate the C(6) proton (79JCS(P1)2455), an example of which is shown in Scheme 43. It was also possible to introduce the 6a-methylthio substituent by reacting the intermediate anion with methyl methoxycarbonyl disulfide The 6a-methylthio group could subsequently be converted to the 6a-methoxy group by treatment with CI2 and MeOH. 

Thus attack of the TosMlC anion 9 on a carbonyl carbon is followed (or accompanied) by ring closure of the carbonyl oxygen to the electrophilic isocyano carbon to form an oxazoline (12). Loss of p-tolylsulfinic acid provides the 5-substituted oxazole 13. ... 

Heating the 5-isocyano-l,3,4-thiadiazolo[3,2- ]pyrimidin-5-one 115 with 10% hydrochloric acid gave a mixture of the 5-imino-l,3,4-thiadiazolo[3,2- ]pyrimidin-7-one 116 (10%) and the l,2,4-triazolo[l,5-c]pyrimidine-5,7-dione 117 (35%) (91JHC489). Formation of 117 probably occurred through thiadiazole ring rupture of 116 and recyclizatioii with its imino function together with desulfurization (Scheme 43). 

Benzimidazole with [Cr(CO)5CNCCl3] gives the A, A -earbenes 109 and 110, the produets of simultaneous attack at trichloromethyl and isocyano groups simultaneously (95JOM(489)27). The probability of the formation of the primary product [Cr(CO)5(C(L)N=CCl2] is low (88AGE1344, 89ZN(B)1414). 

DBU IS most widely employed as the base m the Barton-Zard reaction Stronger nonionic bases such as PrMeNCH-,CH-j,N and the phosphazene base Csiipplied by Flukai are more effective to induce pyrrole formadon in the reaction of nitroalkenes v/ith isocyano esters than DBU Sterically hindered nitroalkenes are converted into the corresponding pyrroles using these bases, as shovm in Eq 10 35, but DBU is not effective in this transformation... 

Monocyclic nitro dromaDcs such as [Pg.336]

The dione 1 is converted into 2,6-dichloro-4,l-benzoxazepin-5(3i/)-one (2) by the action of phosphoryl chloride in jV.lV-dimethylaniline. The crude product on treatment with 3-isocyano-methyl-5-isopropyl-l,2,4-oxadiazole gives the imidazobenzoxazepinone 3.36... 

The Ugi reaction has been successfully applied to the synthesis of oligopeptide derivatives, c.g.. in the construction of a pure tetra-L-valine derivative69. The 2-methylpropanaldimine 2 of (/7)-l-ferroccnyl-2-rnethylpropylarnine with /V-formyl-L-2-amino-3-methylbulanoic acid (3) as the carboxylic acid component and methyl A/-[(.S)-2-isocyano-3-mcthyl-l -nxo-buLyl -L-2-aiuino-3-inethylbutanoate (4) furnishes the diastereomeric valyl-valyl-valyl-valine derivatives in a ratio (S,S[R],S,S)i(S,R[R],S,S) of 91 9. The stereoselectivity of the process can be enhanced to 98.5 1.5 when two equivalents of tetraethylammonium A -formylvalinate are added. 

Cobalt, bis(dimethy glyoxime)isocyano-, 1, 186 Cobalt, bis(l,2-ethanediamine)bis(isothiocyanato)-chloride... 

Reaction of a-isocyano-a, / -unsaturated sulfones with primary aliphatic amines affords 1,5-disubstituted imidazoles 59 (equation 56)48. The reaction of aromatic amines such as aniline is too slow to be of practical use. Results of the preparation of 59 are listed in Table 5. 

An attractive synthesis of cyclobutanone (253) has been recently described using 1-isocyano-l-tosylcyclobutane(252)(equation 151)144. l-Isocyano-l-tosylcyclobutanes252 can be prepared from (tosylmethyl)isocyanide and alkyl-substituted 1,3-dibromobutanes. This method appears to be superior to previously reported methods for the preparation of cyclobutanone because of high purity and high yields. 

HOFMANN CARBYLAMINE REACTION te ft-BUTYL ISOCYANIDE (2-Methylpropane, 2-isocyano)... 

Photolysis, apparatus for, 55, 17 Phthalimide, N-amino- [ 1//-Isoindole-1,3-(2//)-dione, 2-amino-, 55, 115 Potassium rew-butoxide [2-Propanol, 2-methyl-, potassium salt], 55,12, 13 Potassium iodide, 55, 71 Potassium permanganate [Permanganic acid, potassium salt], 55,68 Propane, 2,2 dimethyl 1 phenyl, 55, 112 Propane, 2 isocyano-2-methyl-, 55, 96... 

Bis(bromomethyl)quinoxaline (296) gave either 6,8-dihydrofuro[3,4-g]qui-noxaline (297) (NaOH, H20-MeCN, BU4NHSO4, no further details 84%) or ethyl 7-isocyano-7,8-dihydro-6//-cyclopenta[g]quinoxaline-7-carboxylate (298) (Et02CCH2NC, K2CO3, BU4NHSO4, MeCN, no further details 38%) and thence the 7-amino ester (HCl-EtOH, no further details 90%). ... 

This chapter embraces quinoxalines bearing nitrogenous substituents that are joined to the quinoxaline nucleus through their nitrogen atom. However, isocyano-, isocyanato-, and isothiocyanatoquinoxalines will be found in Chapter 7 to ensure that they are adjacent to quinoxalinecarbonitriles. 

The imidazole ring is a privileged structure in medicinal chemistry since it is found in the core structure of a wide range of pharmaceutically active compounds efficient methods for the preparation of substituted imidazole libraries are therefore of great interest. Recently, a rapid synthetic route to imidazole-4-carboxylic acids using Wang resin was reported by Henkel (Fig. 17) [64]. An excess aliphatic or aromatic amine was added to the commercially available Wang-resin-bound 3-Ar,M-(dimethylamino)isocyano-acrylate, and the mixture was heated in a sealed vial with microwave irradi-... 

When the reaction is run with potassium fert-butoxide in THF at -5°C, one obtains (after hydrolysis) the normal Knoevenagel product (32), except that the isocyano group has been hydrated (16-65). With the same base but with DME as solvent the product is the nitrile (33). When the ketone is treated with 31 and thallium(I) ethoxide in a 4 1 mixture of absolute ethanol and DME at room temperature, the product is a 4-ethoxy-2-oxazoline (34). Since 33 can be hydrolyzed to a carboxylic acid and 34 to an a-hydroxy aldehyde, this versatile reaction provides a means for achieving the conversion of RCOR to RCHR COOH, RCHR CN, or RCR (OH)CHO. The conversions to RCHR COOH and to RCHR CN have also been carried out with certain aldehydes (R = H). 

Isocyano-2-methylpropane, 55, 96 Isophorone,57,113 Isopropenyl acetate,. 57, 113 Isopropyl alcohol, 5t8, 78, 157... 

Methyl formate Formic acid, methyl ester (8,9) (107-31-3) Ethyl isocyanoacetate Acetic acid, isocyano-, ethyl ester (8,9) (2999-46-4)... 

Luminescent gold(l) acetylide complexes. Photophysical and photoredox properties and crystal structure of [ Au(C = CPh) 2 (p-Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)]. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 2929-2932 (d) Che, C.-M., Wong, W.-T., Lai, T.-F. and Kwong, H.-L. (1989) Novel luminescent binuclear gold(I) isocyanide complexes. Synthesis, spectroscopy, and X-ray crystal structure of Au2(dmh)(CN)2 (dmb = 1,8-di-isocyano-p-menfhane). Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 243-244. 

Benouazzane, M., Coco, S., Espinet, P. and Marti n-Alvarez, J.M. (1995) Liquid Crystals based on Halogold(I) Complexes with 4-Isocyano-4 -alkoxyphenyl Derivatives. Joumol of Materials Chemistry, 5, 441 5. 

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