6609-56-9Relevant articles and documents
Photochemical Reactions in Polyethylene Glycol. 2. Photo-induced Nucleophilic Substitution of Dimethoxybenzenes in the Presence of Polyethylene Glycol
Suzuki, Nobutaka,Ayaguchi, Yasuo,Izawa, Yasuji
, p. 3349 - 3350 (1982)
Polyethylene glycol can replace crown ether as co-solvent for photochemical substitution reactions of dimethoxybenzenes with KCN in CH2Cl2 in either the presence or the absence of terephthalonitrile.
Nickel/zinc-mediated synthesis of aromatic nitriles from aromatic oxime ethers
Maeyama, Katsuya,Kobayashi, Masato,Kato, Hiroshi,Yonezawa, Noriyuki
, p. 2519 - 2525 (2002)
Treatment of o-alkoxybenzaldoxime ethers 3 with an equimolar amount of NiCl2 and 3 equimolar amounts of Zn gave o-alkoxybenzonitriles 4 in good yields. It is suggested that the reaction proceed via coordination of the ether oxygen atom of alkyl
Cyanide-Free Cyanation of Aryl Iodides with Nitromethane by Using an Amphiphilic Polymer-Supported Palladium Catalyst
Niimi, Ryoko,Suzuka, Toshimasa,Uozumi, Yasuhiro
supporting information, p. 40 - 44 (2021/11/30)
A cyanide-free aromatic cyanation was developed that uses nitromethane as a cyanide source in water with an amphiphilic polystyrene poly(ethylene glycol) resin-supported palladium catalyst and an alkyl halide (1-iodobutane). The cyanation proceeds through the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of an aryl halide with nitromethane, followed by transformation of the resultant (nitromethyl)arene intermediate into a nitrile by 1-iodobutane.
Facile dehydration of primary amides to nitriles catalyzed by lead salts: The anionic ligand matters
Ruan, Shixiang,Ruan, Jiancheng,Chen, Xinzhi,Zhou, Shaodong
, (2020/12/09)
The synthesis of nitrile under mild conditions was achieved via dehydration of primary amide using lead salts as catalyst. The reaction processes were intensified by not only adding surfactant but also continuously removing the only by-product, water from the system. Both aliphatic and aromatic nitriles can be prepared in this manner with moderate to excellent yields. The reaction mechanisms were obtained with high-level quantum chemical calculations, and the crucial role the anionic ligand plays in the transformations were revealed.
A Molecular Iron-Based System for Divergent Bond Activation: Controlling the Reactivity of Aldehydes
Chatterjee, Basujit,Jena, Soumyashree,Chugh, Vishal,Weyhermüller, Thomas,Werlé, Christophe
, p. 7176 - 7185 (2021/06/30)
The direct synthesis of amides and nitriles from readily available aldehyde precursors provides access to functional groups of major synthetic utility. To date, most reliable catalytic methods have typically been optimized to supply one product exclusively. Herein, we describe an approach centered on an operationally simple iron-based system that, depending on the reaction conditions, selectively addresses either the C=O or C-H bond of aldehydes. This way, two divergent reaction pathways can be opened to furnish both products in high yields and selectivities under mild reaction conditions. The catalyst system takes advantage of iron's dual reactivity capable of acting as (1) a Lewis acid and (2) a nitrene transfer platform to govern the aldehyde building block. The present transformation offers a rare control over the selectivity on the basis of the iron system's ionic nature. This approach expands the repertoire of protocols for amide and nitrile synthesis and shows that fine adjustments of the catalyst system's molecular environment can supply control over bond activation processes, thus providing easy access to various products from primary building blocks.
