Journal of the American Chemical Society

Cyanation of aromatic compounds in a gaseous plasma

YH So, LL Miller

Index: So, Y. H.; Miller, Larry L. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1981 , vol. 103, # 14 p. 4204 - 4209

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Abstract

Abstract: Aromatic compounds are directly cyanated by passing cyanogen and the respective compounds through a radiefrequency generated and inductively coupled glow discharge zone. Benzene and a wide variety of substituted benzenes (C6HSX: X= CH,, t-Bu, CF,, OH, F, C1, Br, CHO) are cyanated providing a good yield of ortho-, meta-, para-, and ipso-substituted products. The relative amount of ipso product increases as the carbon-X ...