Phosgene imidoyl halide synthesis

The elimination of hydrogen chloride from chloroformamidine hydrochlorides is another example illustrating the utility of imidoyl halides. Thermolysis of diarylchloroformamidine hydrochlorides PCIV), obtained from N,N -disubstituted thioureas and phosgene, is the best method of synthesis of unsymmetrical carbodiimides (XV) because the generated... 

By analogy with the general synthesis of imidoyl chlorides it can be expected that carbamates and thiocarbamates undergo reaction with a variety of acid halides to afford 1-haloformimidates and 1-halothio-formimidates, respectively. For example, carbamates have been reacted with carbonyl chloride ( ), pyrocatecholphosphorus trichloride ( ), and phosphorus pentachloride ( ), and isocyanates were obtained. In view of the catalytic effect of N,N-dimethylformamide in the phosgenation of carbamates to isocyanates, the intermediacy of 1-chloroformimidates X is anticipated ( ). 

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