Aerobic Oxidative Conversion of Aromatic Aldehydes to Nitriles Using a Nitroxyl/NOx Catalyst System
Ji-Hyun Noh and Jinho Kim*
*Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural
Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea, Email:
jinhoinu.ac.kr
J.-H. Noh, J. Kim, J. Org. Chem., 2015, 80, 11624-11628.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b02333
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Abstract
In the presence of a catalytic amount of 4-AcNH-TEMPO, NaNO2, and HNO3, benzaldehydes underwent condensation with NH4OAc and a subsequent aerobic oxidation to produce nitriles selectively under O2. Aerobic oxidative conversion of a primary alcohol is also achieved.
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ID: J42-Y2015