Direct synthesis of 2- and 4-alkylbenzonitriles from alkylation of aromatic nitriles in the presence of pyridine transition metal complexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919908085743

Alkylation of aromatic nitriles in the presence of pyridine transition metal complexes yields 2- and 4-alkylbenzonitriles.

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Direct Synthesis of 2- and
4-Alkylbenzonitriles from
Alkylation of Aromatic Nitriles
in the Presence of Pyridine
Transition Metal Complexes
Cheng-Quan Tan a , Xianmou Zheng b , Zhaolan Ma b
& Yijian Gu b
a Department of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering , Dalian University, Dalian Economic
Zone , 116622, China
b Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Academia
Sinica , 161 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116012, China
Published online: 17 Sep 2007.
To cite this article: Cheng-Quan Tan , Xianmou Zheng , Zhaolan Ma & Yijian Gu (1999)
Direct Synthesis of 2- and 4-Alkylbenzonitriles from Alkylation of Aromatic Nitriles in
the Presence of Pyridine Transition Metal Complexes, Synthetic Communications: An
International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 29:1,
123-127, DOI: 10.1080/00397919908085743
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