Copper-catalyzed aerobic conversion of the CO bond of ketones to a CN bond using ammonium salts as the nitrogen source

Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative cleavage of C–C bonds in epoxides leading to aryl nitriles and aryl aldehydes

(2015) Lijun Gu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative C–C Bond Cleavage of Unstrained Ketones with Air and Amines

(2015) Wang Zhou et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

TEMP and copper cocatalyzed oxygenation of ketones with molecular oxygen: chemoselective synthesis of α-ketoesters

(2015) Xiaoqiang Huang et al.   Organic Chemistry Frontiers

Direct Approaches to Nitriles via Highly Efficient Nitrogenation Strategy through C–H or C–C Bond Cleavage

(2014) Teng Wang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Iron Nitrate/TEMPO: a Superior Homogeneous Catalyst for Oxidation of Primary Alcohols to Nitriles in Air

(2014) Shashikant U. Dighe et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative CC Bond Cleavage for CN Bond Formation: From Ketones to Amides

(2014) Conghui Tang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Recent Advances in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Functionalization of Unstrained Carbon–Carbon Bonds

(2014) Feng Chen et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

From Ketones to Esters by a Cu-Catalyzed Highly Selective C(CO)–C(alkyl) Bond Cleavage: Aerobic Oxidation and Oxygenation with Air

(2014) Xiaoqiang Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chemoselective Oxidative C(CO)C(methyl) Bond Cleavage of Methyl Ketones to Aldehydes Catalyzed by CuI with Molecular Oxygen

(2013) Lin Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Copper/TEMPO catalysed synthesis of nitriles from aldehydes or alcohols using aqueous ammonia and with air as the oxidant

(2013) Laura M. Dornan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

One-Pot Transformation of Carboxylic Acids into Nitriles

(2013) Kotaro Miyagi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Direct Preparation of Nitriles from Carboxylic Acids in Continuous Flow

(2013) David Cantillo et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Cu-Catalyzed Esterification Reaction via Aerobic Oxygenation and C–C Bond Cleavage: An Approach to α-Ketoesters

(2013) Chun Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Schmidt reaction in ionic liquids: highly efficient and selective conversion of aromatic and heteroaromatic aldehydes to nitriles with [BMIM(SO3H)][OTf] as catalyst and [BMIM][PF6] as solvent

(2013) Ganesh C. Nandi et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

A Chemoselective, One-Pot Transformation of Aldehydes to Nitriles

(2012) Sébastien Laulhé et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Chemoselective Schmidt Reaction Mediated by Triflic Acid: Selective Synthesis of Nitriles from Aldehydes

(2012) Balaji V. Rokade et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Solvent-free and atom efficient conversion of aldehydes into nitriles

(2012) Virgilio P. Gozum et al.   Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews

Facile transformation of esters to nitriles

(2011) Yusuke Suzuki et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Nitrile-Containing Pharmaceuticals: Efficacious Roles of the Nitrile Pharmacophore

(2010) Fraser F. Fleming et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Efficient and High-Yielding Protocol for the Synthesis of Nitriles from Aldehydes

(2010) M. B. Madhusudana Reddy et al.   SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS

New catalytic properties of iron complexes: dehydration of amides to nitriles

(2009) Shaolin Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A General and Convenient Catalytic Synthesis of Nitriles from Amides and Silanes

(2009) Shaolin Zhou et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A new efficient method for one-pot conversions of aryl carboxylic acids into nitriles without solvent

(2008) Yu-Qing Cao et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY