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Cyanomethylation during the Electroreduction of Aromatic Carbonyl Compounds in Acetonitrile
Abbot, Elaine M.,Bellamy, Anthony J.,Kerr, John B.,MacKirdy, Iain S.
, p. 425 - 430 (2007/10/02)
The formation of substituted 3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropiononitriles (II), cinnamonitriles (III), 3-phenylpropiononitriles (IV), and 3-phenylglutaronitriles (V) during the electroreduction of acetophenone, benzaldehyde, and benzophenone in acetonitrile has been studied.The factors which influence the distribution of these products and their importance relative to the 'normal' reduction products, pinacols (VII) and carbinols (VIII), have been identified; current density, temperature, and water concentration are the most important.The distribution of acetonitrile-derived products is compared with that found when the corresponding cinnamonitriles (III) are electroreduced.