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isoTHIOCYANATES have been prepared by several methods1–4; I have recently found that they can also be prepared conveniently by the equilibration of isocyanate and isothiocyanate groups. This equilibration occurs slowly at elevated temperatures and appears to be generally applicable to the preparation of isothiocyanates and mixed isocyanates-isothiocyanates.
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CASE, L. Equilibration of isoCyanates and isoThiocyanates. Nature 183, 675 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183675b0
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