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==Synthesis== | ==Synthesis== | ||
*The '''Sandmeyer reaction''' employing cuprous cyanide can be used to form nitriles from diazonium compounds. | |||
*Aryl nitriles may be formed from aryl halides in the '''Rosenmund-von Braun reaction'''. | |||
==Reactivity== | ==Reactivity== | ||
*Nitriles are reduced to imines, then hydrolyzed to the aldehyde in the '''Stephens aldehyde synthesis'''. | |||
*Beta-ketoesters are formed from alpha-bromoesters and nitriles in the '''Blaise reaction'''. | |||
Revision as of 20:14, 29 November 2009
A nitrile is an organic compound containing a carbon triple bonded to nitrogen.
Synthesis
- The Sandmeyer reaction employing cuprous cyanide can be used to form nitriles from diazonium compounds.
- Aryl nitriles may be formed from aryl halides in the Rosenmund-von Braun reaction.
Reactivity
- Nitriles are reduced to imines, then hydrolyzed to the aldehyde in the Stephens aldehyde synthesis.
- Beta-ketoesters are formed from alpha-bromoesters and nitriles in the Blaise reaction.