Visible-light-driven catalytic oxidation of aldehydes and alcohols to nitriles by 4-acetamido-TEMPO using ammonium carbamate as a nitrogen source
2019 ◽
Vol 17
(41)
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pp. 9182-9186
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A mild and efficient route to prepare nitriles from aldehydes by combining photoredox catalysis with oxoammonium cations is reported. The methodology is also extended to the one-pot two-step conversion of alcohols to nitriles.