Access to nitriles from aldehydes mediated by an oxoammonium salt

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4241-4245

  Kelly, Christopher B ^a   Lambert, Kyle M ^a   Mercadante, Michael A ^a   Ovian, John M ^a   Bailey, William F ^a   Leadbeater, Nicholas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aldehydes; cyanides; oxidation; reaction mechanisms; synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION;

CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; DESILYLATION; HEXAMETHYLDISILAZANE; IMINE FORMATION; REACTION MECHANISM; SYNTHETIC METHODS; TETRAFLUOROBORATES;

CYANIDES;

ALDEHYDE; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; INORGANIC SALT; NITRILE;

ALDEHYDES; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; NITRILES; SALTS;

EID: 84925848936     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201412256     Document Type: Article

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