Facile synthesis of thiocyanate using trimethylsilyl cyanide

S Kagabu, M Maehara, K Sawahara…

Index: Kagabu, Shinzo; Maehara, Masaki; Sawahara, Keisuke; Saito, Katsuhiro Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1988 , p. 1485 - 1486

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Abstract

Thiocyanates, one of the most fundamental groups of organo- sulphur compounds, are useful synthetic intermediates for heterocyclic compounds and are of some biological interest. 1 Aromatic thiocyanates have long been prepared from diazo- nium ions and metal thiocyanates. This traditional method involves intricate experimental procedures as well as a tedious separation of the thiocyanate from the by-product isothiocya- nate. An alternative method using arylthallium ions or ...