Y. Tagawa et al., A NOVEL REACTION OF BENZOYL CHLORIDE ADDUCT OF AROMATIC N-OXIDE WITH CARBONITRILE VIA A CARBENE INTERMEDIATE, Tetrahedron letters, 37(1), 1996, pp. 69-72
A carbene intermediate is proposed as a reactive species in the base-i
nduced reaction of benzoyl chloride adducts of pyridine and quinoline
N-oxides with carbonitriles to give 2-pyridyl- and 2-quinolyl diacylam
ine as main products.