Some Analogs of Benzyl Benzoate1

WHC Rueggeberg, A Ginsburg…

Index: Rueggeberg; Ginsburg; Frantz Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1945 , vol. 67, p. 2154

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Abstract

Summary Acetonitrile reacts with sodium amide in liquid ammonia to form a salt, NaCH2CN. xNHa or (CH2CN)-Na+. xNH3, which can be alkylated to mono, di and trisubstituted acetonitriles, by reaction with an alkyl halide or an alkyl p-toluenesulfonate. Under the experimental conditions, very little if any sodium acetamidine can be formed.