Gram Scalable Method to Synthesize Biscarbodiimides and Asymmetric Monocarbodiimides: A Platform to Access an Array of Phosphaguanidines, Amidines, and Guanidines

A mild, broadly functional group tolerant methodology has been developed to access a variety of mono- and bis-carbodiimides in good yield and high purity on multigram scale. Direct addition into these versatile motifs facilitated the rapid synthesis of a library of novel amidinines, guanidines, and phosphaguandines.