Chemical Communications

A novel oxidative transformation of alcohols to nitriles: an efficient utility of azides as a nitrogen source

BV Rokade, SK Malekar, KR Prabhu

Index: Rokade, Balaji V.; Malekar, Sanjeev K.; Prabhu, Kandikere Ramaiah Chemical Communications, 2012 , vol. 48, # 44 p. 5506 - 5508

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Citation Number: 35

Abstract

An efficient methodology to oxidize benzylic and cinnamyl alcohols to their corresponding nitriles in excellent yields has been developed. This methodology employs DDQ as an oxidant and TMSN3 as a source of nitrogen in the presence of a catalytic amount of Cu (ClO4) 2· 6H2O.