No abstract

Isoselenocyanates were synthesized by two methods under phase-transfer conditions (50% aq NaOH, CH 2 Cl 2 , Aliquat 336); the first started from isocyanides and selenium and gave isoselenocyanates in 61-89% yields, while the second started from amines and used chloroform and selenium, by applying sequentially the Hofmann isonitrile synthesis and the addition of selenium, in 4-70% yields.

No abstract

No abstract

To enrich the limited set of isonitriles typically employed, 4-isocyano-2,2,6,6-teramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl (1) is proposed as an isonitrile bearing a nitroxyl moiety. Isocyanide 1 was used in some reactions characteristic of isonitriles. Isoselenocyanate, amides (products of Passerini and Ugi reactions), and tetrazole derivative were obtained. The EPR spectra of the urea derivative 5b and a product of an Ugi reaction 7 (both dinitroxides) were analyzed. [structure: see text]