Synthetic communications

A New Synthesis of Nitriles from N-Methoxy Imidoyl Bromides by Photolysis

Y Kikugawa, LH Fu, T Sakamoto

Index: Kikugawa; Fu; Sakamoto Synthetic Communications, 1993 , vol. 23, # 8 p. 1061 - 1069

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Abstract

Abstract N-Methoxy imidoyl bromides are synthesized in one-pot from the carboxylic acids with methoxyamine and triphenylphosphine-tetrabromomethane. Photolysis of them leads to formation of the corresponding nitriles in high yield without affecting functional groups