Poly (vinylpyrrolidone)-grafted silica as an organic-inorganic hybrid material was used as an effective heterogeneous polymeric cosolvent catalyst in organic reactions. This modified silica catalyzed nucleophilic displacement of alkyl halides for easy preparation of alkyl thiocyanates, alkyl cyanides, alkyl azides and alkyl aryl ethers. Furthermore, the catalyst was applied for the conversion o...

A base-catalyzed tandem Michael addition/intramolecular isocyanide [3 + 2] cycloaddition of ethyl isocyanoacetate and Michael acceptors with tethered carbonyl groups is described. This reaction leads to the formation of fused oxazolines in a highly diastereoselective manner under very mild conditions.

A reaction between equimolar amounts of cis-[PdCl2(CNCy)2] (1) and indazole (HInd, 2) or 5-methylindazole (HInd(Me), 3) proceeded in refluxing CHCl3 for ca. 6 h affording the aminocarbene species cis-[PdCl2{C(Ind)=N(H)Cy}(CNCy)] (4) or cis-[PdCl2{C(Ind(Me))=N(H)Cy}(CNCy)] (5) in good (72-83%) isolated yields. Complexes 4 and 5 were characterized by elemental analyses (C, H, N), HR ESI(+)-MS, IR...

The adsorption of methyl isocyanide (CH3NC) and acetonitrile (CH3CN) has been studied on Pd(111). Methyl isocyanide adsorbs on Pd(111) at 80 K at low coverages with the isocyanide functionality oriented close to parallel to the surface; the surface-bound species reorients to a geometry in which the isocyanide group is perpendicular to the surface as the coverage increases. Desorbing the excess ...