REDUCTIVE DECYANATION vs ADDITION OF GRIGNARD REAGENTS WITH HINDERED NITRILES

SS Kulp, A Romanelli

Index: Kulp, Stuart S.; Romanelli, Anthony Organic Preparations and Procedures International, 1992 , vol. 24, # 1 p. 7 - 12

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Abstract

The differences in the rate of hydrolysis of a number of 2, 2-&ubstituted cycloalkanoneketimines, to the corresponding ketones has been reported.'In order to obtain quantified data on related model compounds, we synthesized a series of acetophenonimines by the reaction of phenylmagne-sium halides with alkyldiphenylacetonitriles (1) in which the alkyl group was methyl, ethyl, butyl, pentyl or ...