Synthesis 2005(6): 993-997  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-861849
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Preparation of Cyanopyridines by Direct Cyanation

Alan R. Katritzky*a, Eric F. V. Scrivena, Suman Majumdera, Hongbin Tua, Anatoliy V. Vakulenkoa, Novruz G. Akhmedova, Ramiah Muruganb
a Center for Heterocyclic Compounds, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200, USA
e-Mail: katritzky@chem.ufl.edu;
b Reilly Industries, Inc, 1500 South Tibbs Avenue, P.O. Box 42912, Indianapolis, IN 46242-0912, USA
e-Mail: rmurugan@reillyind.com ;
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Received 22 October 2004
Publikationsdatum:
10. März 2005 (online)

Abstract

After pretreatment with nitric acid and trifluoroacetic anhydride, aqueous potassium cyanide converted pyridines 1a-l into their corresponding 2-cyano derivatives 4a-l in an average yield of 52%.