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Carbonyldiimidazole-mediated lossen rearrangement
Dube, Pascal,Fine Nathel, Noah F.,Vetelino, Michael,Couturier, Michel,Aboussafy, Claude Larrivee,Pichette, Simon,Jorgensen, Matthew L.,Hardink, Mark
supporting information; body text, p. 5622 - 5625 (2010/03/02)
[Chemical Equation Presented] Carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) was found to mediate the Lossen rearrangement of various hydroxamic acids to isocyanates. This process is experimentally simple and mild, with imidazole and CO 2 being the sole stoichiometric byproduct. Significant for large-scale application, the method avoids the use of hazardous reagents and thus represents a green alternative to standard processing conditions for the Curtius and Hofmann rearrangements.