The Oxidative Decyanation of Secondary Nitriles via α-Hydroperoxynitriles

Sandra J. Selikson; David S. Watt

doi:10.1021/jo00890a032

The Oxidative Decyanation of Secondary Nitriles via α-Hydroperoxynitriles

Sandra J. Selikson, David S. Watt

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

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Abstract

The oxidative decyanation of secondary nitriles to ketones was effected by trapping nitrile anions with molecular oxygen, reducing the resulting α-hydroperoxynitriles to cyanohydrins with stannous chloride, and converting the cyanohydrins to ketones with sodium hydroxide.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	267-268
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume	40
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00890a032
State	Published - Jan 1 1975

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