Give me a cyanide: N-cyano-N-phenyl-p-methylbenzenesulfonamide as a cyanation reagent allows the synthesis of aryl(alkenyl) nitriles in good yield under mild conditions (see scheme; cod=cycloocta-1,5-diene). Combination of the procedure with the direct borylation of arenes and hydroboration of alkynes leads to the straightforward synthesis of various nitriles. © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Pazhamalai Anbarasan

Department Of Chemistry

Neumann H.

Beller M.

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Journal	Data powered by TypesetAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Publisher	Data powered by TypesetJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN	14337851
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