J. Org. Chem. 1982,47, 4847-4850
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Generation of Cyanonitrene: Study of the Reaction of Sodium Hydrogen Cyanamide, tert -Butyl Hypochlorite, and Tertiary Amines' Mary Gail Kinzer Hutchins2 and Daniel Swern* Department of Chemistry and Fels Research Institute, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
Receiued May 17,1982
Reaction of sodium hydrogen cyanamide, tert-butylhypochlorite (BHC),and tertiary amines at low temperatures (
