Electroorganic chemistry 139. Electroreductive decyanation of nitriles and its application to synthesis of α-alkylamines

…, J Terauchi, K Kitayama, Y Takeshima, Y Masumura

Index: Shono, Tatsuya; Terauchi, Jun; Kitayama, Kenji; Takeshima, Yo-Ichiro; Masumura, Yoshihiro Tetrahedron, 1992 , vol. 48, # 38 p. 8253 - 8262

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Abstract

Electroreduction of nitriles gave the corresponding decyanated products when Zn was used as the material of cathode in aprotic solvent (DMF or MeCN) containing Et4NOTs as a supporting electrolyte. Alkylation of amines at the α-position was effectively achieved by cyanation of amines at the α-position, and α-alkylation of the resultant α-amino nitriles followed by the electroreductive decyanation.