Synthesis of Aromatic Nitriles Using Nonmetallic Cyano-Group Sources

Copper-Catalyzed Cyanation of Aryl Iodides with Malononitrile: An Unusual Cyano Group Transfer Process from C(sp3) to C(sp2)

(2012) Zhaoqiong Jiang et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Copper-Mediated Sequential Cyanation of Aryl C–B and Arene C–H Bonds Using Ammonium Iodide and DMF

(2012) Jinho Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Copper-Mediated Selective Cyanation of Indoles and 2-Phenylpyridines with Ammonium Iodide and DMF

(2012) Jinho Kim et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A Versatile Protocol for Copper-Catalyzed Cyanation of Aryl and Heteroaryl Bromides with Acetone Cyanohydrin

(2011) Thomas Schareina et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Cyanides-Free Cyanation of Aryl Halides using Formamide

(2011) Dinesh N. Sawant et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Acetone Cyanohydrin: A Convenient Alternative of Toxic Sodium Cyanide/Acetic Acid for Oxidative Cyanation of Tertiary Amines

(2011) Sanny Verma et al.   CATALYSIS LETTERS

The palladium-catalyzed cyanation of indole C–H bonds with the combination of NH4HCO3 and DMSO as a safe cyanide source

(2011) Xinyi Ren et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Recent developments and perspectives in palladium-catalyzed cyanation of aryl halides: synthesis of benzonitriles

(2011) Pazhamalai Anbarasan et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

A Novel and Convenient Synthesis of Benzonitriles: Electrophilic Cyanation of Aryl and Heteroaryl Bromides

(2011) Pazhamalai Anbarasan et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Aerobic Oxidative Transformation of Primary Azides to Nitriles by Ruthenium Hydroxide Catalyst

(2011) Jinling He et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Direct Transformation ofN,N-Dimethylformamide to −CN: Pd-Catalyzed Cyanation of Heteroarenes via C–H Functionalization

(2011) Shengtao Ding et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Lewis Acid Catalyzed Direct Cyanation of Indoles and Pyrroles withN-Cyano-N-phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamide (NCTS)

(2011) Yang Yang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Copper-Mediated Cyanation of Aryl Halide with the Combined Cyanide Source

(2011) Guoying Zhang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A General Rhodium-Catalyzed Cyanation of Aryl and Alkenyl Boronic Acids

(2010) Pazhamalai Anbarasan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative synthesis of aromatic carboxylic acids

(2010) Daoshan Yang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A Convenient Synthesis of Benzonitriles via Electrophilic Cyanation with N-Cyanobenzimidazole

(2010) Pazhamalai Anbarasan et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Acetone Cyanohydrin as a Source of HCN in the Cu-Catalyzed Hydrocyanation of α-Aryl Diazoacetates

(2010) Eun Ju Park et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A New Combined Source of “CN” fromN,N-Dimethylformamide and Ammonia in the Palladium-Catalyzed Cyanation of Aryl C−H Bonds

(2010) Jinho Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Azaspirocyclohexadienones from α-Azido-N-arylamides under an Oxygen Atmosphere

(2010) Shunsuke Chiba et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

An Efficient Transformation from Benzyl or Allyl Halides to Aryl and Alkenyl Nitriles

(2010) Wang Zhou et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Generation of Iminyl Copper Species from α-Azido Carbonyl Compounds and Their Catalytic C−C Bond Cleavage under an Oxygen Atmosphere

(2010) Shunsuke Chiba et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Catalytic Oxidative Synthesis of Nitriles Directly from Primary Alcohols and Ammonia

(2009) Takamichi Oishi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Direct Transformation of Methyl Arenes to Aryl Nitriles at Room Temperature

(2009) Wang Zhou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal as a building block in heterocyclic synthesis

(2009) Fathi A. Abu-Shanab et al.   JOURNAL OF HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY

Chelation-Assisted Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Bromination/Cyanation Reaction of 2-Arylpyridine and 1-Arylpyrazole C−H Bonds

(2009) Xiaofei Jia et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Chelation-Assisted Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Cyanation of 2-Arylpyridine C−H Bonds

(2009) Xiaofei Jia et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

N,N-Dimethylformamide: much more than a solvent

(2009) Jacques Muzart   TETRAHEDRON

Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling (CDC): Exploring C−C Bond Formations beyond Functional Group Transformations

(2008) Chao-Jun Li   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Insights Into Palladium-Catalyzed Cyanation of Bromobenzene: Additive Effects on the Rate-Limiting Step

(2008) Frederic G. Buono et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS