Hh. Tso et al., NOVEL DOUBLE FUNCTIONAL-GROUP TRANSFORMATION - ONE-FLASK CONVERSION OF 1-NITROCYCLOALKENES TO TERMINALLY UNSATURATED NITRILES, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (8), 1993, pp. 669-670
A new method has been developed for the conversion of 1-nitrocycloalke
nes to terminally unsaturated nitriles in one flask by use of Me3SiCH2
MgCl (1.8 equiv.) and PCl3 (2.5 equiv.) in tetrahydrofuran.