Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Isonitriles:  A General Simple Methodology

Andrea Porcheddu,* Giampaolo Giacomelli, and Margherita Salaris
Dipartimento di Chimica, Universit degli Studi di Sassari, via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari anpo@uniss.it
J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70 (6), pp 2361–2363
DOI: 10.1021/jo047924f
Publication Date (Web): February 5, 2005
Copyright © 2005 American Chemical Society
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A facile conversion of formamides to isonitriles under very mild conditions and microwave irradiation is described. This simple and efficient method has been applied for the synthesis of both aliphatic and aromatic isonitriles in high yields.

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  • Published In Issue March 18, 2005
  • Received November 23, 2004

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