Qiu, GuanyinshengSornay, CharlotteSavary, DavidZheng, Sheng-CaiWang, QianZhu, Jieping2018-12-132018-12-132018-12-132018-12-0610.1016/j.tet.2018.10.032https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/152104WOS:000451103900002A palladium-catalyzed 1,1-carbocyanation of allyl carbonate by alpha-quaternary alpha-isocyanoacetate was developed. Formation of ketenimine followed by homolysis of the C-N bond and recombination of the resulting caged radical pair was proposed to account for the formation of the unusual coupling product, the beta-cyano-gamma,delta-unsaturated ester. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Chemistry, OrganicChemistrypalladiumallyl carbonateisocyanideisocyanoacetateketeniminenitrile radicalone-pot synthesisbeta-lactam carbenesmulticomponent synthesisthermal decompositionmigratory insertionisocyanidesreactivitynitrogenalkyl2,2'-azo-bis-isobutyronitrileFrom isonitrile to nitrile via ketenimine intermediate: Palladium-catalyzed 1,1-carbocyanation of ally carbonate by alpha-isocyanoacetatetext::journal::journal article::research article