Journal of Chemical Sciences

Metathesis of carbon dioxide and phenyl isocyanate catalysed by group (IV) metal alkoxides: An experimental and computational study

A Kumar, AG Samuelson

Index: Kumar, Akshai; Samuelson, Ashoka G Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2011 , vol. 123, # 1 p. 29 - 36

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Abstract

Abstract The insertion reactions of zirconium (IV) n-butoxide and titanium (IV) n-butoxide with a heterocumulene like carbodiimide, carbon dioxide or phenyl isocyanate are compared. Both give an intermediate which carries out metathesis at elevated temperatures by inserting a second heterocumulene in a head-to-head fashion. The intermediate metallacycle extrudes a new heterocumulene, different from the two that have inserted ...