The addition of isocyanides to ReS4−: [3 + 1] cycloaddition to SMS
Abstract
Isocyanides undergo [3 + 1] cycloadditions to ReS4− to give dithiocarboimidate derivatives, Re(S)(S4)(S2CNR)− and Re2S5(S2CNR)22− , which undergo S-atom transfer and, in the case of the monometallic species, N-alkylation.