Composition, synthesis and use of isonitriles
AssigneeDuquesne University of the Holy Ghost
InventorsFRASER FERGUSON FLEMING, Bhaskar Reddy Pitta
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Abstract
The present invention relates to isonitrile compounds, methods of synthesis, and uses in a variety of fields. In one aspect, the present invention includes sulfinyl methyl isonitriles and methods for their preparation. In another aspect, the present invention includes the use of sulfinyl methyl isonitriles to prepare various other isonitrile compounds and derivatives thereof. In yet another aspect, the present invention includes a relatively simple and routine synthesis of sulfinyl methyl isonitrile compounds, other isonitrile compounds and derivatives thereof.
Claims13
A sulfinyl methyl isonitrile of the formula I:
- wherein X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, substituted and un-substituted, aliphatic and non-aliphatic, hydrocarbon, branched and un-branched alkyl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl having one or more rings, aryl, heteroaryl and derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof.
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