A SIMPLE AND REGIOSELECTIVE CONVERSION OF TERMINAL ACETYLENE INTO 2-SUBSTITUTED ACRYLONITRILE

Authors
Citation
Ft. Luo et al., A SIMPLE AND REGIOSELECTIVE CONVERSION OF TERMINAL ACETYLENE INTO 2-SUBSTITUTED ACRYLONITRILE, Tetrahedron letters, 38(46), 1997, pp. 8061-8062
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
38
Issue
46
Year of publication
1997
Pages
8061 - 8062
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1997)38:46<8061:ASARCO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Treatment of terminal acetylene with in situ generated hydrogen iodide and followed by the reaction with cuprous cyanide provided a simple a nd regioselective transformation of acetylene into 2-substituted acryl onitrile in fair to good yields. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.