Schmidt reaction in ionic liquids: Highly efficient and selective conversion of aromatic and heteroaromatic aldehydes to nitriles with [BMIM(SO3H)][OTf] as catalyst and [BMIM][PF6] as solvent

Ganesh C. Nandi, Kenneth K. Laali

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2177-2179
Number of pages3
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume54
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 24 2013

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Drug Discovery
  • Organic Chemistry

Keywords

  • [BMIM(SOH)][OTf]
  • [BMIM][PF]
  • Aromatic aldehydes
  • Nitriles
  • Schmidt reaction

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