SUPER-BASIC NITRILES

Authors
BERTHELOT M HELBERT M LAURENCE C LEQUESTEL JY ANVIA F TAFT RW
Citation
M. Berthelot et al., SUPER-BASIC NITRILES, Perkin transactions. 2, (4), 1993, pp. 625-627
Citations number
14
Journal title
Perkin transactions. 2 → ACNP
ISSN journal
03009580
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
625 - 627
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-9580(1993):4<625:SN>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Alkyl substitution on the amino nitrogen, vinylogy (but not benzology) , iminology, and alkyl substitution on the functional carbon of the am idine skeleton in cyanamide iminologues increase the hydrogen-bonding basicity of cyanamide and produce, on the pK(HB) scale, super-basic ni triles more basic than tertiary amines. On the gas-phase basicity scal e iminology also increases the basicity of cyanamide, but sp-nitrogen bases remain less basic than sp2- or sp3-nitrogen bases.