C. Valero et al., EVIDENCE OF KETENIMINE FORMATION DURING THE MULTIPLE C-C COUPLING OF ISOCYANIDES BY STABILIZED GROUP-4 METALLACYCLOBUTANES, Organometallics, 13(2), 1994, pp. 415-417
Multiple C-C coupling of isocyanides has been demonstrated by the ambi
ent-pressure reactions of CNMe with Cp2M(N(CMe3)CC(=NCMe3)CH2SiMe2CH2)
and the high-pressure reactions of CNCMe3 with CP2M(CH2SiMe2CH2), whi
ch afford Cp2M(N(Me)C-C(=NCMe3)C(=NCMe3)CH2SiMe2CH2) and Cp2M(N-(CMe3)
C(=C=NCMe3)C(=NCMe3)CH2SiMe2CH2) (M = Zr, Hf), respectively.