The ring-opening copolymerization of epoxides with isothiocyanates (ITCs) is explored for the first time. In presence phosphazenium benzoxide, investigated in this work including propylene oxide, ethylene and cyclohexene oxide were successfully copolymerized both an aromatic ITC, phenyl isothiocyanate, two aliphatic ITCs, ethyl isothiocyanate hexyl isothiocyanate. Effects phosphazene bases used...

Current work describes the environmentally benign approach for synthesis of o-ureidobenzonitriles, from o-aminobenzamides and isothiocyanates using T3P. Here, conversion thiourea to urea amide nitrile take place simultaneously via unprecedented intramolecular rearrangement. This protocol is operationally facile offers wide variety o-ureidobenzonitriles at room temperature in good excellent yiel...

Chitosan (1) was reacted with phenylisothiocyanate in 5% AcOH/H2O to give N-phenylthiocarbamoyl chitosan (2) with a degree of substitution (DS) of N-phenylthiocarbamoyl groups of 0.86 in 87.1% yield. The following acylation of compound 2 with hexanoyl chloride in the presence of pyridine afforded 3,6-di-O-2,3-hexanoyl chitosan isothiocyanate (4a) with a DS of the isothiocyanate groups of 0.70 i...