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A palladium mimic of the Curtius rearrangement and a palladium-catalyzed geminal addition of a Si−N bond occurs in the high-yielding synthesis of cyanamides from isocyanides and trimethylsilyl azide in the presence of a palladium catalyst (see scheme). A wide range of functional groups are tolerated in the reaction.
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