... BEIRUT~LEBANON [CONTRIBUTION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSIlT] ... The procedure was adapted from Organic Syntheses.21 To 4.72 g. of nitrile VIIIb were added 15 ml. ... (19) J. von Braun, 0. Kirschbnuni, and 11. Schuhman, (1943). ...