The Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds under High Pressure.

Abstract

Heterocyclic compounds are used now in various fields, and many reports have been published on the synthesis of these compounds every year. This article deals with the studies in our group on the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds including sulfur or nitrogen under high pressure. Nitriles, cianamides, carbon disulfide, isocyanates, and isothiocyanates were good reagents for high pressure synthesis and led to some novel reactions different from those at ordinary pressure. The reactions of these reagents under high pressure have a possibility of developing new synthetic methods of heterocyclic compounds.