Vv. Zhdankin et al., 1-CYANO-3-(1H)-1,2-BENZIODOXOLS - STABLE CYANOIODINANES AND EFFICIENTREAGENTS FOR DIRECT N-ALKYL CYANATION OF N,N-DIALKYLARYLAMINES, Tetrahedron letters, 36(44), 1995, pp. 7975-7978
Cyanobenziodoxols 2 and 4 can be prepared from benziodoxols 1 or 3 and
cyanotrimethylsilane in the form of stable, crystalline compounds. Cy
anobenziodoxol 2 reacts with N,N-dimethylarylamines under mild conditi
ons to afford N-(cyanomethyl)-N-methylarylamines 6 in excellent yields
.