One-pot transformation of methylarenes into aromatic nitriles with inorganic metal-free reagents

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 2014, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 4115-4122

  Kawagoe, Yuhsuke ^a   Moriyama, Katsuhiko ^a   Togo, Hideo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatic nitriles; Bromine; Iodine; Oxidation; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903377468     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201402270     Document Type: Article

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