Radical nitrile transfer with methanesulfonyl cyanide or P-toluenesulfonyl cyanide to carbon radicals generated from the acyl derivatives of N-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)92696-0

Reaction of methanesulfonyl cyanide or p-toluenesulfonyl cyanide with carbon radicals generated from the acyl derivatives of N-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone gives the corresponding nitriles in high yield. A mechanistic scheme is suggested.