α-Cyanoalkyl Sulfonates. I. The Reactions of α-Cyanobenzyl Benzenesulfonate

RM Dodson, HW Turner

Index: Dodson; Turner Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1951 , vol. 73, p. 4517

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Citation Number: 26

Abstract

Even though the chemistry of cyanohydrins has been extensively studied, the a-cyanoalkyl sulfonates have been neglected. Because of the similarity of alkyl sulfonates and alkyl halides in chemical reactions, one would expect the a-cyanoalkyl sulfonates to be similar to the a-halonitriles in their reactions. In the work reported in this paper, this has been found to be true. a-Cyanobenzyl benzenesulfonate (I) was prepared in 84y0 yield by the reaction of ...