Abstract

Abstract Treatment of ketones with trimethylsilyl cyanide in benzene in the presence of a Lewis acid (ZnI2) as a catalyst and subsequent heating after addition of pyridine and phosphoryl chloride have given α,β,-unsaturated nitriles in good yields, providing a general one-pot preparation of α,β,-unsaturated nitriles from ketones.

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