@article { author = {}, title = {POLAROGRAPHIC AND POTENTIOSTATIC REDUCTION OF CARBODIIMIDES: A MECHANISTIC STUDY}, journal = {Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran}, volume = {7}, number = {3}, pages = {-}, year = {1996}, publisher = {University of Tehran}, issn = {1016-1104}, eissn = {2345-6914}, doi = {}, abstract = {The polarographic reduction of aromatic carbodiimides in anhydrous aprotic solvents goes through a carbene intermediate by a diffusion controlled process in two one-electron steps. The first step is the rate-determining step and converts the carbodiirnide to a radical anion (6) that reduces further by a fast one-electron step to a carbene dianion intermediate (7). This abstracts an oxygen, along with protons, from the solvent to give diphenyl urea (9) or reduces further to methylene dianiline (12) .}, keywords = {}, url = {https://jsciences.ut.ac.ir/article_31115.html}, eprint = {https://jsciences.ut.ac.ir/article_31115_463d94080e3c9aa9ac65a38b7140113b.pdf} }