Synthetic Communications

Exclusive ortho cyanation and alkylthiocarbonylation of anilines and phenols using boron trichloride

M Adachi, T Sugasawa

Index: Adachi, Makoto; Sugasawa, Tsutomu Synthetic Communications, 1990 , vol. 20, # 1 p. 71 - 84

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Abstract

Abstract - Use of boron trichloride with or without an additional Lewis acid makes possible a one-ste synthesis of 2-cyano and 2- alkylthiocarbonyl anilines and pheno P s. ... The exclusive ortho substitution reaction of anilinesl and ... The reaction of N-unsubstituted anilines, trichloroacetonitrile ... 5). The analogous reaction of N-monoalkylanilines using BCl3 alone ... (R = HI. Compound 1 (R = alkyl) can be obtained more economically ... NaOH-H20 instead of KzC03-CH30H ...