Carbodiimide-based synthesis of N-heterocycles: moving from two classical reactive sites to chemical bond breaking/forming reaction

• Published in: Chemical Society reviews Vol. 49; no. 16; pp. 581 - 5849
• Main Authors: Wang, Yang, Zhang, Wen-Xiong, Xi, Zhenfeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 17.08.2020
• Subjects: Carbodiimides; Chemical bonds; Chemical compounds; Chemical properties; Chemical synthesis; Chemists; heterocyclic nitrogen compounds; Organic chemistry; physicochemical properties; society; synthesis

Carbodiimides are a unique class of heterocumulene compounds that display distinctive chemical properties. The rich chemistry of carbodiimides has drawn increasing attention from chemists in recent years and has made them exceedingly useful compounds in modern organic chemistry, especially in the sy...