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A Convenient Preparation of Alkyl Nitriles by the Mitsunobu Procedure |
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| Authors: | Bogdan K. Wilk |
| Affiliation: | 1. Wright and Rieman Laboratories Department of Chemistry Rutgers , The State University of New Jersey , New Brunswick, NJ, 08903, USA;2. Wyeth-Ayerst Research , Rouses Point, NY, 12979 |
| Abstract: | A convenient preparation of alkyl nitriles from alcohols extending the use of the Mitsunobu reaction is described. Acetone cyanohydrin is the acidic component and the source of cyanide ion. |
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