Bm. Choudary et Pn. Reddy, A NEW ALKYL PEROXOVANADIUM CATALYST FOR SELECTIVE OXIDATION OF NITRILES TO ALPHA-OXO NITRILES - A FUNCTIONAL MIMIC OF CYT-P.450, Journal of molecular catalysis. A, Chemical, 112(3), 1996, pp. 385-388
Alkyl peroxovanadium complex catalysed functionalisation of methylene
of benzyl cyanides to afford peroxo nitriles or aroyl cyanides selecti
vely depending on the molar quantities of oxidant, tert butyl hydroper
oxide (t-BuOOH) used is described for the first time.