The reaction of aryl chlorides and bromides with cuprous cyanide to yield nitriles is a useful reaction which has been carried out in the presence and absence of solvents. 2 The advantage of using N-methylpyrrolidine as a reaction medium because of its ability to dissolve cuprous cyanide has been pointed out. 3 Although we have not studied this method in great detail, we report our findings now because of t, heir possible utility. As can be ...
