Synthesis

α-Isocyanatoacrylonitriles from alkylidene-or arylidenecyanoacetic acids; synthesis and reactions

I Jaafar, G Francis, R Danion-Bougot, D Danion

Index: Jaafar; Francis; Danion-Bougot; Danion Synthesis, 1994 , # 1 p. 56 - 60

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Abstract

Alkylidene-or arylidenecyanoacetic acids are versatile synthetic intermediates, readily obtained by Knoevenagel condensation." 2 In this paper, we describe a further application of these compounds. By Curtius reaction, they aflord a stereospecific access to ot- isocyanatoacrylonitriles. We report here some aspects of the usefulness of this functional group interconversion. Curtius reaction has been extensively used for amino acid ...