A convenient procedure for the preparation of alkyl nitriles from alkyl halides. Acetone cyanohydrin as an in situ source of cyanide ion

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A convenient preparation of alkyl nitriles from alkyl halides is described. Acetone cyanohydrin is employed as the source of cyanide ion.

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A Convenient Procedure
for the Preparation of Alkyl
Nitriles from Alkyl Halides.
Acetone Cyanohydrin as an In
Situ Source of Cyanide Ion
a
a c
Paul Dowd , Bogdan K. Wilk
& Marek Wlostowski
b
a
Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
b
Warsaw Technical University, ul. Koszykowa 75,
0
0-662, Warsaw, Poland
c
Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Rouses Point, NY, 12979
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To cite this article: Paul Dowd , Bogdan K. Wilk & Marek Wlostowski (1993): A
Convenient Procedure for the Preparation of Alkyl Nitriles from Alkyl Halides. Acetone
Cyanohydrin as an In Situ Source of Cyanide Ion, Synthetic Communications: An
International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 23:16,
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