Guo-Ying Zhang, Jin‐Tao Yu, Mao‐Lin Hu
Mar 4, 2013
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
A palladium-catalyzed cyanation of aryl halides and borons has been developed by employing cuprous thiocyanate as a safe cyanide source. This protocol avoids the use of a highly toxic cyanide source, providing aromatic nitriles in moderate to good yields with good functional tolerance.