Isocyantes amines

TABLE 1. Polymer properties from four 50 minute anionic polymerization reactions using n-hexyl isocyante in THE with sodium A-phenyl benzyl amine as initiator and then quenching for 10 minntes using methacryloyl chloride dissolved in pyridine. 

Isocyantes and their rimple reaction products have been known since 1849 when Wurtz synthesized the first isocyanate. The great reactivity of the isocyanate was recognized when the correspcmding ureas were formed by reaction with amines. 

Alkyl-, vinyl-, and aryl-substituted acyl azides undergo thermal 1,2-carbon-to-nitrogen migration with extrusion of dinitrogen — the Curtius rearrangement — producing isocyantes. Reaction of the isocyanate products with nucleophiles, often in situ, provides carbamates, ureas, and other A-acyl derivatives. Alternatively, hydrolysis of the isocyanates leads to primary amines. 

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