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Chem. Commun., 2009, 7566 - 7568, DOI: 10.1039/b917156h


Synthesis of transition metal isocyanide compounds from carbonyl complexes via reaction with Li[Me3SiNR]

Wesley Sattler and Gerard Parkin


The reaction between a transition metal carbonyl compound, LnMCO, and Li[Me3SiNR] yields the corresponding isocyanide derivative, LnMCNR, thereby providing a new route to transition metal isocyanide compounds that does not require the use of free isocyanides as reagents.

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