P. Molina et al., A NEW AND EFFICIENT PREPARATION OF CYCLIC CARBODIIMIDES FROM BIS(IMINOPHOSPHORANES) AND THE SYSTEM BOC(2)O DMAP/, Journal of organic chemistry, 59(24), 1994, pp. 7306-7315
A one-pot synthesis of cyclic carbodiimides which involves reaction of
C,C-bis(aryliminophosphoranes) connected by aliphatic bridges with Bo
c(2)O in the presence of DMAP is described. The method is also applica
ble when a heteroatom such as oxygen or nitrogen is incorporated into
the tether connecting the two aromatic rings. A conformation study has
been carried out on carbodiimide 23a, which posseses a central nine-m
embered ring, using H-1 NMR spectroscopy and semiempirical as well as
molecular mechanics calculations.