C. Wentrup, Holger Bornemann
Nov 1, 2005
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European Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abstract
The Curtius rearrangement is a synthesis of isocyanates (R-N=C=O) by thermal or photochemical rearrangement of acyl acides and/or acylnitrenes. The photochemical rearrangement of benzoyl azide is now shown for the first time to produce a small amount of phenyl cyanate (Ph-O-CN) together with phenyl isocyanate.