Photoinduced Reactions of Polycyanoaromatic Compounds with Al i p hatic N i tr i les ... Kazuo Tsujimoto, Keiichi Abe, and Mamoru Ohashi" Department of Materials Science, The University of Electro- Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182, Japan ... Upon irradiation of 1,3,5-tricyanobenzene in isobutyronitrile one or two ring hydrogens were replaced with isopropyl groups, while in the case of 1,2,4,5-tetracyanobenzene one of the cyano groups was replaced.