Reaction of interstitial cyanide ions in a hydrotalcite-like material with organic chlorides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1998.1291

A hydrotalcite-like material, Mg₆Al₂(OH)₁₆Cl_2-xCN _x·4H₂O (x= 1.53-1.94), was prepared and tested as a reagent for the nucleophilic substitution for chlorine atom of C₆H₅CH₂Cl, C₄H₉Cl, and C₃H₇Cl by the CN ions in the interlayer of the material. The corresponding organic cyanides were obtained at 353 K in a non-polar solvent, toluene.