ChemInform Abstract: Copper‐Catalyzed Cyanation of Benzyl Chlorides with Non‐Toxic K₄[Fe(CN)₆].

Abstract

6 ]. -The method avoids the use of a non-toxic cyanide source and metal catalysis. Extremely poor selectivity (8% GC yield) is observed for α-chloroethylbenzene, whereas no reaction takes place in the case of allylic chlorides. -(REN, Y.; DONG, C.; ZHAO, S.; SUN, Y.; WANG*, J.; MA, J.; HOU, C.; Tetrahedron Lett. 53 (2012) 23, 2825-2827, http://dx.