15942-15-1Relevant articles and documents
P(III)-Assisted Electrochemical Access to Ureas via in situ Generation of Isocyanates from Hydroxamic Acids
Meng, Haiwen,Sun, Kunhui,Xu, Zhimin,Tian, Lifang,Wang, Yahui
supporting information, p. 1768 - 1772 (2021/03/26)
An external oxidant-free protocol for the generation of isocyanates from hydroxamic acids assisted by trivalent phosphine under mild electrochemical conditions was reported. The process started with the anodic oxidation of hydroxamic acids, followed by reacting with phosphine to form corresponding alkoxyphosphoniums and subsequent rearrangement with the release of tri-substituted phosphine oxide as the driving force to give isocyanates, which were trapped by N-based nucleophiles to produce various ureas. This method provides a broadly applicable procedure to access isocyanate intermediates under mild electrochemical conditions.
Chemoselective isocyanide insertion into the N-H bond using iodine-DMSO: Metal-free access to substituted ureas
Bora, Porag,Bez, Ghanashyam
supporting information, p. 8363 - 8366 (2018/08/03)
Insertion of isocyanides into the N-H bond gives access to many medicinally important and structurally diverse complex nitrogen-containing heterocycles. Although the transition metal catalyzed isocyanide insertion into the N-H bond is very common, polymerization of isocyanides in the presence of a transition metal and their strong coordination with metals are the common drawbacks. On the other hand, the inertness of most of the isocyanides towards amines in the absence of a metal catalyst has stymied the growth of the metal-free approach for isocyanide insertion into amines. As a result, only a handful of metal catalysed methods with limited substrate scopes have been reported for the synthesis of ureas via isocyanide insertion into amines and no metal-free version has been reported yet. Interestingly, chemoselective isocyanide insertion into amines has not been reported in the literature. We employed the I2-DMSO reagent system for the chemoselective synthesis of ureas, where isocyanides react with aliphatic amines only, while aromatic amines need a nucleophilic activator (DABCO) to facilitate the formation of ureas. This method gave direct and chemoselective access to ureas by evading the commonly used yet toxic isocyanates.
A high-yielding, expeditious, and multicomponent synthesis of urea and carbamate derivatives by using triphenylphosphine/trichloroisocyanuric acid system
Ghodsinia, Sara S.E.,Akhlaghinia, Batool
, p. 104 - 110 (2016/01/25)
An efficient method for the synthesis of urea and carbamate derivatives from amines and alcohols is described by using triphenylphosphine (PPh3)/trichloroisocyanuric acid system. The protocol allows for the preparation of symmetrical, unsymmetrical di, tri-, and tetra-substituted ureas and carbamates and is tolerant of a wide range of functional groups. To optimize the reaction conditions, experimental variables including temperature, the concentration of amine and alcohol, solvent, and reaction time were studied. Satisfactory yields were obtained at the optimized conditions. The present methodology is experimentally simple, mild, and represents a valuable alternative to the existing methods.
