A new application of the traditional Fenton process to gold cyanide synthesis using acetonitrile as a cyanide source†
Abstract
Previous cyanation processes always involved the use of hypertoxic CN− ions or UV-light, which is health-risky and energy-wasting. For the purpose of environment-friendly chemistry, we introduced a general Fenton-reaction synthesis of metal cyanide solids using acetonitrile as a green cyanide source. This Fenton-improved cyanation method gets rid of CN− ions and UV-light efficiently, which is green and facile.