Tetrahedron Letters

FeCl 3 mediated one-pot route to nitriles

P Ghosh, R Subba

Index: Ghosh, Pranab; Subba, Raju Tetrahedron Letters, 2013 , vol. 54, # 36 p. 4885 - 4887

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Abstract

Abstract A new and convenient protocol for the transformation of aldehydes into nitriles using hydroxylamine hydrochloride by iron III chloride is presented. The protocol offers a very simple, cost efficient, and environmentally benign procedure with good to excellent yield of nitrile.