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Superelectrophilic chemistry of amino-nitriles and related substrates
Raja, Erum K.,Klumpp, Douglas A.
experimental part, p. 4494 - 4497 (2011/07/08)
The superacid-promoted Houben/Hoesch reactions of amino-nitriles and related compounds have been studied. The nitriles form dicationic electrophiles and react with benzene in fair to good yields (12-95%). The intermediate iminium ions may also be reduced to the benzylic amines by NaBH4 or H 2.