ChemInform Abstract: One-Pot Synthesis of Nitriles from Aldehydes under Microwave Irradiation: Influence of the Medium and Mode of Microwave Irradiation on Product Formation.
An AICl3–ZnCl2 mixture supported on silica gel is found to be an efficient medium for the Fries rearrangement of acyloxybenzene or naphthalene derivatives in solvent-free conditions under microwave irradiation.