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One-Pot Preparation of C1-Homologated Aliphatic Nitriles from Aldehydes through a Wittig Reaction under Metal-Cyanide-Free Conditions
Ezawa, Masatoshi,Togo, Hideo
, p. 2379 - 2384 (2017/05/01)
A one-pot protocol to obtain C1-homologated aliphatic nitriles was achieved by treating aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes with the (methoxymethyl)triphenylphosphonium ylide followed by hydrolysis of the resulting methyl vinyl ethers with pTsOH (Ts = para-toluenesulfonyl) and treatment with molecular iodine and aqueous ammonia under metal cyanide free conditions. Neopentyl-type nitriles, which could not be obtained by conventional methods that involved conversion of the neopentyl alcohol into a tosylate and treatment with metal cyanide, were successfully obtained by using the present method.