A reaction of ethyl phenyl and 4 nitrophenylmalonate carbanions with para tolylsulfonyl isocyanate leads to stable addition products, the corresponding substituted para tolyl sulfonylacylamides.Key words: ethyl phenyl and 4 nitrophenylmalonate carbanions, para tolylsulfonyl iso cyanate, para tolylsulfonylacylamides.During consideration of mechanism for the formation of carbamates by the reaction of isocyanates with carban ions 1 based on phosphorus containing zwitterions, 1,2 phenylcyanacetic esters, 3 and pyridinium ylides 4 , it was suggested that N anion 2 is formed as an intermediate (Scheme 1). The formation of the intermediate 2 was confirmed by the data of quantum chemical calculations for the reaction of pyridinium ylide, malonic ester deriva tive, with phenyl isocyanate. 4 At the same time, experi ments using 1 H NMR spectroscopy and kinetic data 2 did not show formation of intermediate 2 as kinetically stable species on the reaction coordinate.To answer the question whether the intermediate N anion 2 is formed in the transformations under study, Scheme 1 R = Ph; Py (+) ; ; R´3P (+) CH 2 , R´ = Pr n , Pr i , Bu n , Et 2 N; X = O, S; Alk = Me, Et, allyl, CH≡CCH 2 ; R″ = Me, cyclo C 6 H 11 , Ar.we considered a model reaction of carbanions 5a,b with tosyl isocyanate (Scheme 2). We presumed that if the reactions with aryl isocyanates proceed according to Scheme 1 through the formation of N anions 2, then the analogous reaction with tosyl isocyanate according to Scheme 2 will lead in the first step to the stable intermedi ate 6, the nucleophilicity of which should be extremely low due to the strong electron withdrawing power of the tosyl group. Scheme 2 R = R´ = H (a); R = NO 2 , R´ = H (b). Ts = SO 2 C 6 H 4 Me pIn fact, the reaction of tosyl isocyanate with carban ions obtained in the solution of THF from CH acid 5a,b and NaH proceeds at room temperature and, after acidifi