Nickel-catalyzed dehydrogenation of amines to nitriles

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.63.301

Aliphatic primary amines having α-methylene underwent oxidative dehydrogenation on treatment with NiSO₄ as a catalyst and K₂S₂O₈ as an oxidant to give the corresponding nitriles in good yields. Benzhydrylamine was converted to benzhydrylideneamine quantitatively under the same reaction conditions.