Issue 44, 2012
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Chemical Communications

A novel oxidative transformation of alcohols to nitriles: an efficient utility of azides as a nitrogen source†

Balaji V. Rokade,a   Sanjeev K. Malekara  and  Kandikere Ramaiah Prabhu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Organic chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka, India
E-mail: prabhu@orgchem.iisc.ernet.in
Fax: +91-80-23600529

Abstract

An efficient methodology to oxidize benzylic and cinnamyl alcohols to their corresponding nitriles in excellent yields has been developed. This methodology employs DDQ as an oxidant and TMSN3 as a source of nitrogen in the presence of a catalytic amount of Cu(ClO4)2·6H2O.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC31256E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Feb 2012
Accepted
11 Apr 2012
First published
12 Apr 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 5506-5508

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B. V. Rokade, S. K. Malekar and K. R. Prabhu, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5506 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31256E

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