An Improved Procedure for Aromatic Cyanation

David M. Tschaen, Richard Desmond, Anthony O. King, M. C. Fortin, Brenda Pipik, Steven A. King, Thomas R. Verhoeven

Synthetic Communications · 1994 · 181 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

Abstract An effective method for conversion of aryl bromides to aryl cyanides is described. The procedure involves treatment of the aryl halide with zinc cyanide in the presence of a catalytic amount of palladium (0).

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