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Chem. Commun., 2009, 1760 - 1762, DOI: 10.1039/b820620a

Catalytic nitrene transfer from an imidoiron(III) complex to form carbodiimides and isocyanates

Ryan E. Cowley, Nathan A. Eckert, Jérôme Elhaïk and Patrick L. Holland

The metastable iron(III) imido species LtBuFeNAd catalyzes transfer of the nitrene fragment NAd from an organic azide to isocyanides or CO, forming unsymmetrical carbodiimides or isocyanates.

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